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Rocks and Minerals

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?

a)

Crystalline structure

b)

Fills the shape of its container

c)

Usually organic

d)

Random chemical composition

2.

Which of the following is NOT a way to identify a mineral?

a)

Streak

b)

Denisty

c)

Luster

d)

Crumble

3.

What is fracture?

a)

Ability to reflect light

b)

A break in parallel planes

c)

Uneven break

4.

Igneous rocks are formed from geysers in the Earth's crust.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Two types of igneous rocks are:

a)

Interior and exterior

b)

Intrusive and extrusive

c)

Inside and outside

d)

Enter and exit

6.

Lava is found...

a)

after a volcano erupts.

b)

on the inside of a volcano.

c)

both inside and outside a volcano.

7.

The process for sedimentary rocks DO NOT include:

a)

Cementation

b)

Cooling

c)

Deposition

d)

Erosion

8.

Which is a type of sedimentary rock:

a)

inorganic

b)

intrusive

c)

clastic

d)

mineral

9.

Fossils are a form of:

a)

mineral

b)

igneous rock

c)

sedimentary rock

10.

Fossils require ideal conditions.

a)

True

b)

False