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Rocks and Minerals

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Are Rocks Made of?

a)

Minerals

b)

Organic Material

c)

Rocks

d)

Sugar

2.

Define a Mineral?

a)

Naturally Ocurring

b)

Minerals

c)

Explosions

d)

Organic Solid

3.

Whats The diffrence between Mineral and a Rock?

a)

Mineral has substance

b)

Rock have layers

c)

Mineral have Organic material

d)

Rocks have Organic Material

4.

Rock Reflects Light:

a)

Luster

b)

Cleavage

c)

Mica

d)

Halite

5.

Minerals to break easily or seperated?

a)

Cleavage

b)

Fracture

6.

Mineral that has peels off cleavage?

a)

Halite

b)

Galena

c)

Mica

d)

Diamond

7.

Mineral with Perfect Cubic Crystalline Structure?

a)

Calcite

b)

Galena

c)

Halite

d)

Mica

8.

Mineral Clue: Shiny Metallic Luster and Found in Bateries?

a)

Magnetite

b)

Mica

c)

Galena

d)

Halite

9.

What Defines a mineral's Luster?

a)

Metallic or Non-Metallic

b)

Shiny or Not Shiny

c)

Clear or Foggy

d)

Hard or Soft

10.

What mineral is Scartch Resistant?

a)

Mica

b)

Diamond

c)

Halite

d)

Magnetite

11.

What Mineral scrates a iron nail but not a Peice of Glass?

a)

Calcite

b)

Quartz

c)

Apatite

d)

Diamond

12.

Physical Property to meaure weight of the mineral in diffrent things?

a)

Hardness

b)

Cleavage or Fracture

c)

Specific Gravity

d)

Luster

13.

Mineral has Highest Specific Gravity?

a)

Gold

b)

Iron

c)

Magnetite

d)

Calcite

14.

Mineral that is easily identified by the acid test?

a)

Magnetite

b)

Calcite

c)

Sulfur

d)

Galena

15.

Mineral that is actractive to magnets?

a)

Calcite

b)

Galena

c)

Magnetite

d)

Sulfur

16.

Mineral that is identified by foul odor and used in medicine?

a)

Magnetite

b)

Calcite

c)

Sulfur

d)

Mica

17.

What sedimentary rock has calcite when it fizzes in caves when acidic groundwater flows through it?

a)

Shale

b)

Coal

c)

Limestone

d)

Conglomerate

18.

Whats Property tests Mineral Scratches?

a)

Hardness

b)

Cleaage

c)

Luster

d)

Streak

19.

What mineral is found in Glass?

a)

Mica

b)

Galena

c)

Quartz

d)

Magnetite

20.

What mineral is sometimes called "Fools Gold"?

a)

Calcite

b)

Magnetite

c)

Pyrite

d)

Graphite

21.

What mineral is found in pencil lead?

a)

Calcite

b)

Pyrite

c)

Magnetite

d)

Graphite

22.

What are 3 types of rock?

a)

Igneous, Sedimentary, Graphite

b)

Igneous, Calcite, Metamorphic

c)

Magnetite, Sedimentary, Metamorphic

d)

Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic

23.

How are Rocks Classified?

a)

How they are grown

b)

How they Form

c)

How they are Made

d)

How Hard they are

24.

When Rocks melt in a volcano what type of rock is formed?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

25.

How do Rocks Form at First?

a)

In the Ocean Floor

b)

On a Coastline

c)

In a Volcano

d)

Underground