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WorksheetsRocks and Minerals
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 46mins
Minerals break in different ways. Some break into thin sheets while others break into squares. What property of minerals is this?
cleavage
hardness
luster
streak
Which of these observations describes a minerals luster?
brittle
shiny
brown
hard
Which rock is formed by lava that has cooled quickly?
sedimentary
metamorphic
igneous
sandstone
Which rock is formed by layers of material that settled on the bottom of an ocean?
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
obsidian
Paolo wanted to identify a mineral. He rubbed a corner of the mineral across a white tile and recorded the color of the mark. What property was Paolo measuring?
cleavage
color
streak
luster
Minerals and rocks are not exactly the same. How are minerals and rocks related to each other?
Minerals are groups of related rocks.
Minerals have crystals, but rocks do not.
Rocks are made up of one or more minerals.
Rocks contain different chemical compounds than minerals.
Minerals are identified and sorted by different characteristics. Luster is one way to sort minerals into different types. What is a mineral’s luster?
the way that light reflects from its surface
the mineral’s elements and their arrangement
the color that it makes when rubbed on a tile
the way that it breaks when you strike it with a wedge
Sheila is classifying the rocks in her collection. She knows that limestone often contains fossils. In which category of rock should she classify these rocks?
igneous
granite
metamorphic
sedimentary
Both igneous rock and sedimentary rock can turn into metamorphic rock. What two conditions are necessary for this to happen?
heat and erosion
heat and pressure
weathering and erosion
weathering and pressure
Minerals have various physical properties. The illustration below shows a tool that is used to test a physical property of minerals.
What physical property of a mineral is tested using this tool?
cleavage
color
luster
streak
