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Rocks and Minerals

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Minerals are considered....

a)

The most important earth material

b)

Harder than rocks

c)

The building blocks of rocks

d)

Not needed in the natural world

2.

A rock that is made of only one mineral is considered

a)

Polymineralic

b)

Monomineralic

3.

A rock containing many minerals is called

a)

Polymineralic

b)

Monomineralic

4.

The internal arrangement of atoms within minerals give a mineral its own

a)

Hardness

b)

Luster

c)

Streak

d)

Color

e)

All of the above (all properties!!!)

5.

Why is mineral color not a good identifying property?

a)

Its very consistent

b)

It rarely changes

c)

It often changes

d)

Color does not matter with a mineral

6.

A luster that looks like metal is considered...

a)

Metallic

b)

Nonmetallic

7.

A luster that does not look like metal is considered...

a)

Metallic

b)

Nonmetallic

8.

The reflection of light off the surface of a mineral is called....

a)

Luster

b)

Streak

c)

Hardness

d)

Fracture

9.

In order to be a mineral, a mineral must be/have....

a)

Inorganic

b)

Solid

c)

Naturally made

d)

Crystal structure

e)

All of the above

10.

What is this property shown in the picture?

a)

Hardness

b)

Streak

c)

Luster

d)

Breakage

11.

What is the hardness of glass on Mohs Hardness Scale?

a)

1.3

b)

4.3

c)

5.1

d)

5.5

12.

When a mineral scratches glass, it is what?

a)

Harder than glass

b)

Softer than glass

13.

When a mineral does not scratch glass, the mineral is what?

a)

Harder than glass

b)

Softer than glass

14.

What is this property identifying?

a)

Luster

b)

Streak

c)

Breakage

d)

Hardness

15.

Does this mineral show cleavage or fracture?

a)

Cleavage

b)

Fracture

16.

What type of breakage occurs with the mineral having flat, parallel sides and a geometric shape

a)

Cleavage

b)

Fracture

17.

Does this mineral show cleavage or fracture?

a)

Cleavage

b)

Fracture

18.

What type of mineral breakage occurs with uneven sides and the mineral having an irregular shape?

a)

Cleavage

b)

Fracture

19.

What type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

20.

What type of rock has a key characteristic of intergrown or interlocking crystals?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

21.

Liquid rock at the surface is called...

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

22.

Liquid Rock beneath the surface is called

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

23.

Igneous rocks that form at the surface are called

a)

Intrusive (Plutonic)

b)

Extrusive (Volcanic)

24.

Igneous rocks that form deep inside the earth are called....

a)

Intrusive (Plutonic)

b)

Extrusive (Volcanic)

25.

Intrusive rocks have what size crystal?

a)

Large (can be seen)

b)

Small (cannot be seen)

26.

Extrusive rocks have what size crystal?

a)

Large (can be seen)

b)

Small (cannot be seen)

27.

Intrusive rocks have large crystals. What type of cooling rate of magma would produce large crystals?

a)

Slow cooling

b)

Fast cooling

28.

Extrusive rocks have small crystals. What type of cooling rate of lava would produce these small crystals?

a)

Slow cooling

b)

Fast cooling

29.

What types of textures describe large intergrown crystals for an Intrusive rock?

a)

Coarse and Very Coarse

b)

Fine, Glassy, Vesicular

30.

What types of textures describe small crystals, no crystals or even gas pockets of an extrusive rock?

a)

Coarse and Very Coarse

b)

Fine, Glassy, Vesicular

31.

Is this rock Intrusive or Extrusive?

a)

Intrusive

b)

Extrusive

32.

Is this rock intrusive or extrusive?

a)

Intrusive

b)

Extrusive

33.

Igneous rocks that are dark in color, high density and made of iron and magnesium are considered...

a)

Mafic

b)

Felsic

34.

Igneous Rocks that are light in color, low density and made of silicon and aluminum are considered....

a)

Mafic

b)

Felsic

35.

Rocks that are made of sediments are called

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

36.

Layers, sediments and fossils are only found in what type of rock?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

37.

What is this rock showing?

a)

Fossil

b)

Layers

c)

Crystals

d)

Mud cracks

38.

What is this rock showing?

a)

Layers

b)

Banding

c)

Fossil

d)

Deposition

39.

What are little pebbles, dirt particles and rock fragments called?

a)

Layers

b)

Fossils

c)

Sediments

d)

Banding

40.

What is the breakdown of rock called?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

41.

What is the movement of sediment called?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

42.

What is the dropping of sediment called?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

43.

When sediment gets close together, it is called...

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

44.

When sediment gets glued together, its called...

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Lithification

45.

Sedimentary Rocks that are made of other rock fragments and sediments are called

a)

Clastic (Fragmental)

b)

Chemical (Crystalline)

c)

Bioclastic (Organic)

46.

Clastic rocks are organized by particle size

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Evaporation and Precipitation of seawater is the process that makes what type of sedimentary rock?

a)

Clastic (Fragmental)

b)

Chemical (Crystalline)

c)

Bioplastic (Organic)

48.

A sedimentary rock that is created by dead plants or shells is called...

a)

Clastic (Fragmental)

b)

Chemical (Crystalline)

c)

Bioclastic (Organic)

49.

Is this rock....

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

50.

Is this rock....

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Igneous

51.

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

52.

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?

a)

Contact

b)

Regional

53.

When convergent plate boundaries crash together and create tremendous pressure over a huge area...what type of metamorphism is that called?

a)

Contact Metamorphism

b)

Regional Metamorphism

54.

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....

a)

Banding

b)

Layers

55.

Banding in a metamorphic rock has another name. What is it?

a)

Foliation

b)

Non Foliation

56.

Some metamorphic rocks do not show banding. These rocks are called...

a)

Folidated

b)

Nonfoliated

57.

Rocks are organized by....

a)

how old they are

b)

how big they are

c)

how dense they are

d)

how they form (origin)

58.

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?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

59.

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?

a)

It will freeze

b)

it will melt into igneous

c)

it will melt into sedimentary

d)

It will still be metamorphic

60.

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?

a)

nothing will happen

b)

they both will also bubble

c)

limestone will bubble and marble will not

d)

marble will bubble and limestone will not

61.

Igneous rocks are classified (organized) how?

a)

How old the rocks are

b)

The size of the crystal (texture)

c)

How big the rock the is

d)

Where the rock is found

62.

Clastic sedimentary rocks are organized how?

a)

How big the crystals are

b)

How old the rock is

c)

The size of the sediment

d)

Where the rock is found

63.

Crystalline Sedimentary Rocks, Bioplastic Sedimentary Rocks and Non Foliated Metamorphic Rocks are organized by

a)

How old the rock is

b)

Where the rock is found

c)

The size of the crystals

d)

Composition of what the rock is made up of

64.

Foliated metamorphic rocks are organized how?

a)

Texture

b)

Age

c)

Location

d)

Size

65.

What are 2 other terms for Extrusive and Intrusive?

a)

Big and small

b)

High and Low

c)

Volcanic and Plutonic

d)

Fine and Glassy

66.

Is the sequence of Shale to slate to phyllite to schist to gneiss a proper metamorphic sequence?

a)

Yes

b)

No