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WorksheetsRocks and Minerals
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Minerals are considered....
The most important earth material
Harder than rocks
The building blocks of rocks
Not needed in the natural world
A rock that is made of only one mineral is considered
Polymineralic
Monomineralic
A rock containing many minerals is called
Polymineralic
Monomineralic
The internal arrangement of atoms within minerals give a mineral its own
Hardness
Luster
Streak
Color
All of the above (all properties!!!)
Why is mineral color not a good identifying property?
Its very consistent
It rarely changes
It often changes
Color does not matter with a mineral
A luster that looks like metal is considered...
Metallic
Nonmetallic
A luster that does not look like metal is considered...
Metallic
Nonmetallic
The reflection of light off the surface of a mineral is called....
Luster
Streak
Hardness
Fracture
In order to be a mineral, a mineral must be/have....
Inorganic
Solid
Naturally made
Crystal structure
All of the above
What is this property shown in the picture?
Hardness
Streak
Luster
Breakage
What is the hardness of glass on Mohs Hardness Scale?
1.3
4.3
5.1
5.5
When a mineral scratches glass, it is what?
Harder than glass
Softer than glass
When a mineral does not scratch glass, the mineral is what?
Harder than glass
Softer than glass
What is this property identifying?
Luster
Streak
Breakage
Hardness
Does this mineral show cleavage or fracture?
Cleavage
Fracture
What type of breakage occurs with the mineral having flat, parallel sides and a geometric shape
Cleavage
Fracture
Does this mineral show cleavage or fracture?
Cleavage
Fracture
What type of mineral breakage occurs with uneven sides and the mineral having an irregular shape?
Cleavage
Fracture
What type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
What type of rock has a key characteristic of intergrown or interlocking crystals?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Liquid rock at the surface is called...
Lava
Magma
Liquid Rock beneath the surface is called
Lava
Magma
Igneous rocks that form at the surface are called
Intrusive (Plutonic)
Extrusive (Volcanic)
Igneous rocks that form deep inside the earth are called....
Intrusive (Plutonic)
Extrusive (Volcanic)
Intrusive rocks have what size crystal?
Large (can be seen)
Small (cannot be seen)
Extrusive rocks have what size crystal?
Large (can be seen)
Small (cannot be seen)
Intrusive rocks have large crystals. What type of cooling rate of magma would produce large crystals?
Slow cooling
Fast cooling
Extrusive rocks have small crystals. What type of cooling rate of lava would produce these small crystals?
Slow cooling
Fast cooling
What types of textures describe large intergrown crystals for an Intrusive rock?
Coarse and Very Coarse
Fine, Glassy, Vesicular
What types of textures describe small crystals, no crystals or even gas pockets of an extrusive rock?
Coarse and Very Coarse
Fine, Glassy, Vesicular
Is this rock Intrusive or Extrusive?
Intrusive
Extrusive
Is this rock intrusive or extrusive?
Intrusive
Extrusive
Igneous rocks that are dark in color, high density and made of iron and magnesium are considered...
Mafic
Felsic
Igneous Rocks that are light in color, low density and made of silicon and aluminum are considered....
Mafic
Felsic
Rocks that are made of sediments are called
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Layers, sediments and fossils are only found in what type of rock?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
What is this rock showing?
Fossil
Layers
Crystals
Mud cracks
What is this rock showing?
Layers
Banding
Fossil
Deposition
What are little pebbles, dirt particles and rock fragments called?
Layers
Fossils
Sediments
Banding
What is the breakdown of rock called?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
What is the movement of sediment called?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
What is the dropping of sediment called?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
When sediment gets close together, it is called...
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
When sediment gets glued together, its called...
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Lithification
Sedimentary Rocks that are made of other rock fragments and sediments are called
Clastic (Fragmental)
Chemical (Crystalline)
Bioclastic (Organic)
Clastic rocks are organized by particle size
True
False
Evaporation and Precipitation of seawater is the process that makes what type of sedimentary rock?
Clastic (Fragmental)
Chemical (Crystalline)
Bioplastic (Organic)
A sedimentary rock that is created by dead plants or shells is called...
Clastic (Fragmental)
Chemical (Crystalline)
Bioclastic (Organic)
Is this rock....
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Is this rock....
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
What type of rock forms from heat and pressure?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Magma can form a metamorphic rock due to its intense heat. When magma touches and bakes old rock into something new, its what type of metamorphism?
Contact
Regional
When convergent plate boundaries crash together and create tremendous pressure over a huge area...what type of metamorphism is that called?
Contact Metamorphism
Regional Metamorphism
The key characteristic with a metamorphic rock is the organization of minerals into rows or sections. This is called mineral alignment but also known as....
Banding
Layers
Banding in a metamorphic rock has another name. What is it?
Foliation
Non Foliation
Some metamorphic rocks do not show banding. These rocks are called...
Folidated
Nonfoliated
Rocks are organized by....
how old they are
how big they are
how dense they are
how they form (origin)
Bituminous Coal will change into Anthracite Coal
Sandstone will change into Quartzite
Shale will change into slate
Limestone will change into Marble.
These are all processes with what type of rock?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
As you travel deeper into the planet, rock will change from Shale to Slate to Phyllite to Schist to Gneiss. If you go deeper than gneiss, what will happen to it?
It will freeze
it will melt into igneous
it will melt into sedimentary
It will still be metamorphic
Calcite bubbles with hydrochloric acid. If limestone and marble are both made of calcite, what will happen to them if HCl is dropped on them?
nothing will happen
they both will also bubble
limestone will bubble and marble will not
marble will bubble and limestone will not
Igneous rocks are classified (organized) how?
How old the rocks are
The size of the crystal (texture)
How big the rock the is
Where the rock is found
Clastic sedimentary rocks are organized how?
How big the crystals are
How old the rock is
The size of the sediment
Where the rock is found
Crystalline Sedimentary Rocks, Bioplastic Sedimentary Rocks and Non Foliated Metamorphic Rocks are organized by
How old the rock is
Where the rock is found
The size of the crystals
Composition of what the rock is made up of
Foliated metamorphic rocks are organized how?
Texture
Age
Location
Size
What are 2 other terms for Extrusive and Intrusive?
Big and small
High and Low
Volcanic and Plutonic
Fine and Glassy
Is the sequence of Shale to slate to phyllite to schist to gneiss a proper metamorphic sequence?
Yes
No
