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Rocks and Minerals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of Luster?

a)

How light is reflected off of a minerals surface

b)

The color of the mineral left behind when scratched on a streak plate.

c)

The way a mineral breaks.

2.

What are the five property's of a mineral?

a)

Color, smell, density, streak, sediment.

b)

sediment, density, igneous, smell, metamorphic.

c)

luster, cleavage/fracture, streak, density, hardness.

d)

luster, cleavage/fracture, streak, density, solid.

3.

What is the difference between magma and lava?

a)

Magma is below earth while lava is above earth.

b)

Lava is below earth while magma is above earth.

c)

There is know difference.

4.

What are the 3 types of rocks?

a)

Igneous, Metamorphic, or Sedimentary.

b)

Intrusive, extrusive, or foliated.

c)

Non-foliated, foliated, or intrusive.

d)

None of the above.

5.

Can Sedimentary rocks have fossils in them?

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

6.

What are the two types of Igneous rocks?

a)

Non-foliated, foliated.

b)

Intrusive, extrusive.

7.

What are two examples of Metamorphic rocks?

a)

Granite, and limestone.

b)

Limestone, and conglomerate.

c)

Gneiss, and marble.

d)

None of the above.

8.

What is deposition?

a)

The process where sediment is deposited in a new location.

b)

The process where sediment is pressed together under their weight.

c)

None of the above.

9.

What is small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things?

a)

Sediments

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Deposition

e)

Compaction

10.

Sedimentary Rocks includes layers?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Intrusive has smaller crystals?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Extrusive is the same as Intrusive?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Are intrusive rocks underground?

a)

Yes

b)

No

14.

What is the definition of extrusive?

a)

Cools quickly above earths surface and can either be very light and airy or the rocks can be glassy.

b)

Cools slowly below earths crust.

c)

Cools slowly above earths surface and can either be very light and airy or the rocks can be glassy.

d)

Cools quickly below earths crust.

15.

Breccia is what type of common rock?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sediment

16.

What are metamorphic rocks made from?

a)

Other rocks

b)

Limestone

c)

Breccia

d)

Fossils

17.

Choose all Metamorphic rocks!

a)

slate

b)

gneiss

c)

marble

d)

limestone

e)

conglomerate

18.

What creates Sedimentary rocks?

a)

Breccia, limestone, and sandstone

b)

intrusive, extrusive, and magma

c)

magma, lava, and slate

d)

deposition, compaction, and cemention

19.

What is the difference between cleavage/ fracture?

a)

Fracture has rough jagged edges while cleavage has smooth flat breaks.

b)

Fracture has smooth flat breaks while cleavage has rough jagged edges.

c)

None of the above

20.

What does foliated mean?

a)

Banded layers

b)

not banded layers

c)

none of the above