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Rocks and Minerals

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Rock formed from materials that have settles into layers from weathering
a)
igneous rock
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
metamorphic rock
2.
Rock that have changed by heat and pressure
a)
igneous rock
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
metamorphic rock
3.
Rock that was once melted and then cooled and hardened
a)
igneous rock
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
metamorphic rock
4.
The process by which rocks change and form new rocks
a)
Rock Cycle
b)
Rock 'n Roll
c)
Soil cycle
5.
A rock is a naturally formed solid made of one or more ________.
a)
elements
b)
chemicals
c)
minerals
6.
An object that is solid, formed in nature, and has never been alive
a)
sand castle
b)
mineral
c)
plant
7.
What do you call the movement of weathered rocks?
a)
erosion
b)
streak
c)
pressure
8.

What type of rock is formed from volcanos?

a)

metamorphic

b)

igneous

c)

sedimentary

d)

sandstone

9.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
10.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
11.
What type of texture does this show?
a)
Glassy
b)
Inter-grown Crystals
c)
Compacted Sediments
d)
Foliation
12.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
13.
How would you describe this texture?
a)
Glassy
b)
Compacted Sediments
c)
Foliation
d)
Fossils
14.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
15.
Describe this texture.
a)
Interlocking Crystals
b)
Vesicular
c)
Compacted sediments
d)
Foliation
16.
What are the two most abundant elements in Earth's Crust?
a)
Nitrogen & Oxygen
b)
Potassium & Silicon 
c)
Silicon & Oxygen
d)
Nitrogen & Potassium
17.
Which rock is formed when sea water evaporates?
a)
limestons
b)
Rock Salt
c)
Rock Gypsum
d)
Dolostone
18.
What gives a mineral its specific properties?
a)
its hardness
b)
the internal arrangement of atoms
c)
energy released during crystallization
d)
light being reflected
19.
A rock formed by compaction and cementation will produce a 
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
sedimentary rock
20.
Which rock would be formed by melting and solidification?
a)
Gneiss
b)
Schist
c)
Slate
d)
Granite
21.
What type of rock will fossils be found?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
22.
How does a metamorphic rock form?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
compaction and cememtation
c)
melting and solidification
d)
melting and pressure
23.

Igneous rocks that cool quickly are...

a)

Fine-grained crystals.

b)

Coarse-grained crystals.

24.

Minerals can be man made.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

In a sedimentary rock, when the sediments are all the same size, that rock is...

a)

mafic.

b)

felsic.

c)

sorted.

d)

unsorted.

26.

Which of the following are requirements for being a Mineral? Choose all that are true:

a)

Must be solid

b)

Must have fracture

c)

Must have defined chemical composition

d)

Must be inorganic

e)

Must be scratch glass

27.

Intrusive Igneous rocks are formed from lava.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Humans need minerals to live.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

One of the following mineral properties can be determined by observing, rather than doing something to a sample.

a)

streak

b)

fracture

c)

luster

d)

hardness

30.

.Cleavage is caused by ____________.

a)

weaknesses in the arrangement of the atoms

b)

strength in the arrangement of the atoms

c)

the hardness of the mineral

d)

the arrangement of the atoms in a repeating pattern

31.

The transformation of existing rock types, in a process called ____________.

a)

sediments

b)

Remnant

c)

metamorphism

d)

weathering

32.

Types of igneous rocks that erupt onto the surface, where they cool quickly to form small crystals.

a)

Ultramafic

b)

Pyroclastic

c)

glassy

d)

Intrusive

33.

The Mohs scale classifies minerals by their ________.

a)

color

b)

luster

c)

hardness

d)

streak

34.

Minerals with ____________ can glow for a brief time after the light source is turned off.

a)

phosphorescence

b)

halite

c)

carbon

d)

crystalline

35.

What is made of particles from rock, sand, soil, plant, and animal remains?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Sediment

c)

Igneous

36.

Which of the following statements is not true about igneous rocks?

a)

It formed crystals.

b)

It is formed from magma.

c)

It can become glassy in appearance.

d)

It can be formed from an existing rock.

37.

Which type of rock contains plants' and animals' remains?

a)

chemical rock

b)

clastic rock

c)

foliated rock

d)

organic rock

38.

Obsidian is a rock formed through fast solidification on air when a volcano erupts. What type of rock is obsidian?

a)

Extrusive igneous rock

b)

Extensive igneous rock

c)

Intrusive igneous rock

d)

intensive igneous rock

39.

Which of the following statement is not true about metamorphic rocks?

a)

It is formed from plant and animal debris

b)

it is formed when subjected to high heat and pressure.

c)

Schist, phyllite and gneiss are examples of metamorphic rocks.

d)

Foliated and non- foliated are classification of metamorphic rocks.

40.

What property of mineral is shown if a rock breaks into an irregular pattern?

a)

fracture

b)

cleavage

c)

luster

d)

hardness

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