Worksheets3.09 Test Prep
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What mineral property measures a mineral's resistance to being scratched?
Luster
Hardness
Cleveage
Fracture
What mineral property is very easy to see, but not reliable in identifying unknown minerals?
Hardness
Streak
Color
Luster
What type of sedimentary rock is made up of other pieces of rock?
Chemical
Organic
Clastic
Rockity
What do we call a rock or mineral that is mined because it is economically useful?
Gypsum
Ore
Quartz
Expensivite
How are IGNEOUS rocks formed?
By changing existing rocks through heat and pressure
By cementing sediments together
By the cooling of hot, liquid rock
MAGIC!!!
How are SEDIMENTARY rocks formed?
By changing existing rocks through heat and pressure
By cementing sediments together into a rock
Through the cooling of hot, liquid rock
MAGIC!
How are METAMORPHIC rocks formed?
By changing existing rock through heat or pressure
Sediments are cemented together into rock
By the cooling of hot liquid rock
MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which kind of magma has LOTS of silica and creates light colored rocks (like granite)
Mafic
Felsic
Chemical
... magic?
What do we call the kind of metamorphic rock with mineral grains arranged in beautiful bands?
Composite
Foliated
Non-Foliated
Bandy McBandertons
Which of these is a required characteristic for something to be called a mineral?
Solid
Inorganic
Naturally occurring
Crystal structure
Definite chemical composition
What is an example of an organic sedimentary rock?
Diamond
Coal
Rock salt
Quartz
