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Rocks and Minerals

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rock that is formed when magma crystallizes and solidifies underground forming intrustions

a)

Intrusive Rock

b)

Extrusive Rock

2.

What kind of rock is formed when magma flows from the earth's surface as lava

a)

Extrusive Rock

b)

Intrusive Rock

3.

How are igneous rocks formed?

a)

By weathering and Erosion

b)

Chemical Reaction

c)

Solidified magma or lava

d)

I don't know

4.

What is luster?

a)

How light reflects off the surface of a rock

b)

The deterioration of the rock

c)

Changes in the mineral composition of the rock

5.

What is streak?

a)

How reflective or dull the surface of the rock is

b)

The mark left behind by scraping rock on a surface

c)

The process where rock are deposited

6.

What is a fracture?

a)

The restrictiveness or dullness of a rock

b)

How hard or soft a rock is

c)

The tendency of the rock breaking in an irregular way

7.

What is cleavage

a)

How a rock breaks

b)

The shine of a rock

c)

The mark a rock leaves after being scratched on a surface

8.

How is sedimentary rock made

a)

Hardened magma

b)

Made by pressure and heat

c)

Sediments from other rocks compressed together

9.

A person who studies rocks

a)

A Geologist

b)

An Astronomer

c)

An Zoologist

d)

An Anthropologist

10.

What is Texture

a)

How hard a rock is

b)

The shine a rock has

c)

The way a rock breaks

d)

The look and feel of the rocks surface