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WorksheetsMinerals and Rocks
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the term that refers to the nonliving and natural substances that make up rock?
Crystals
Minerals
Atoms
Sediments
It is the least useful property in identifying minerals.
Color
Hardness
Streak
Fracture
Which among the minerals is the hardest according to the Mohs' Scale of Hardness?
Talc
Gypsum
Diamond
Topaz
It refers to the group of minerals that is composed of silicon and oxygen.
Carbonate
Silicates
Sulfides
Iron Oxides
It refers to a mineral’s ability to scratch another mineral or be scratched by another mineral.
Color
Streak
Cleavage
Hardness
They are minerals that are rare and can be cut and polished, giving them a beautiful appearance.
Pearl
Gem
Crystal
All of the above
It is a type of rock that is from either magma or lava.
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
It is a type of rock that is from sediments, mud, clay or parts of previously living organisms.
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
It is a type of rock that formed due to heat and pressure.
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
What is the feature that is mostly observed among intrusive igneous rock?
lots of holes
large holes
large crystals
Which process is involved when any type of rocks is transformed into sediments?
compaction
melting
weathering
crystallization
Which type of metamorphic rock shows visible bands or layers?
foliated
non-foliated
clastic
organic
Obsidian formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth. What type of igneous rock is obsidian?
foliated
non-foliated
intrusive
extrusive
Gypsum is made up of sulfate minerals and is formed by evaporating sea water. What type of sedimentary rock is gypsum?
clastic
organic
chemical
extrusive
According to Mohs' scale, quartz has a scale of 7 and orthoclase has a scale of 6. Which among the following statement is true?
Orthoclase can scratch quartz.
Both minerals doesn't have any effect to each other.
Quartz can scratch orthoclase.
Granite transform to gneiss due to heat and pressure. What type of rock is gneiss?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
How does weathering and erosion differ from each other?
Weathering involves transportation of broken pieces of rock.
Erosion is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
Erosion involves transportation of broken pieces of rock.
Weathering and erosion are actually the same.
Pumice is an extrusive igneous rock. How did it formed?
Cooling of lava
Cooling of magma
Compaction of the sediments of basalt
Shale that undergo the metamorphosis
It refers to the way light bounces off the surface of a mineral.
Streak
Luster
Cleavage
Fracture
It refers to the series of processes that create and transform the types of rocks in Earth's crust.
rock formation
rock cycle
rock transformation
rock sedimentation
