WorksheetsRocks and Minerals
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is a mineral?
A naturally occurring, inorganic substance.
A naturally occurring, organic substance.
A man-made inorganic substance.
A man-made organic substance.
A mineral:
has a specific chemical makeup.
is made of two or more different chemical substances.
is made by a living thing.
can be a solid, liquid or gas.
What do we mean when we say a mineral has a crystalline structure?
A mineral is made of ice crystals.
A mineral is shiny or lustrous, like a crystal.
The atoms in a mineral are arranged in a systematic and repeating way.
The atoms in a mineral are arranged randomly.
What characteristic do both rocks and minerals have in common?
They are organic.
They are chemically pure.
They are naturally occuring.
They have crystals.
A rock is:
a chemically pure substance.
an aggregate or mixture of minerals.
always inorganic
classified according to a specific set of properties.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?
Minerals are inorganic.
Minerals have crystals.
A mineral has a definite chemical composition.
A mineral can contain fossils.
Which is NOT a rock?
Quartz
Limestone
Basalt
Marble
What type of rock forms from cooled magma or lava?
Sedimentary rock
Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Which type of rock contains fossils?
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Which type of rock can become a metamorphic rock?
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
All these rocks
None of these rocks
Old metamorphic rock
Which type of rock(s) does weathering and erosion effect?
igneous rock
metamorphic rock
sedimentary rock
all rocks
none of these rocks
What directly happens to sediment over time?
It becomes igneous rock.
It melts.
It is weathered and eroded.
It becomes sedimentary rock.
What is one reason why we study properties of minerals?
To help us create new minerals.
To help us find minerals.
To help us identify unknown minerals.
To help us change the color of minerals.
A mineral that breaks along planes with a smooth surface shows:
cleavage.
fracture.
hardness.
luster.
What kind of breakage are these minerals showing?
fracture
cleavage
What kind of breakage do these minerals show?
cleavage
fracture
What is the hardness of a mineral measured on?
Richter Scale
Metric Scale
Mohs Scale
Customary Scale
What is the Mohs Scale range?
1-5
1-9
1-10
1-100
Why do we consider the mineral's streak color more than the color of the mineral itself?
We don't.
Streak show the true color of the mineral.
Streak shows the false color of the mineral.
We consider them both equally.
Which mineral is the hardest?
diamond
garnet
orthoclase
talc
Which mineral is the softest?
diamond
garnet
orthoclase
talc
What mineral below could be identified with a magnet?
pyrite
olivine
graphite
magnetite
What kind of luster is this mineral showing?
glassy
pearly
dull
metallic
What kind of luster is this mineral showing?
dull
glassy
pearly
metallic
What kind of luster is this mineral showing?
dull
pearly
metallic
glassy
What kind of luster is this mineral showing?
metallic
glassy
dull
pearly
Which type of rock is in this picture?
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
Which type of rock is in this picture?
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
Which type of rock is in this picture?
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
Gold and pyrite look very much alike. Are they the same mineral?
Yes, they are the same mineral.
Sort of.
No, they are 2 different minerals.
How many types of rocks are on Earth?
1
2
3
4
The rock cycle ends when rocks become metamorphic rocks.
True
False
Minerals are classified by their:
luster
streak
hardness
color
all of these characteristics
