WorksheetsRocks & Minerals Unit Test Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 27mins
What type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
What type of rock forms when heat and pressure changes one rock into another type of rock?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
What type of rock forms when sediments are pressed and cemented together?
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Based on the data, which mineral sample number has a hardness less than 4.0?
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Which descriptors best describe metamorphic rocks?
Weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Melting, cooling, and hardening.
Extreme heat and pressure.
Pressure, compaction, and cementation.
Which descriptors best describe sedimentary rocks?
Extreme heat and pressure.
Pressure, compaction, and cementation.
weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Melting, cooling, and hardening.
Which descriptors best describe igneous rocks?
Extreme heat and pressure.
Melting, cooling, and hardening.
Pressure, compaction, and cementation.
Weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Which of these is a reasonable hardness for the Mystery Mineral in the attached data table?
1.2
3.7
5.5
6.1
Which of these is a reasonable hardness for the Mystery Mineral in the attached data table?
2.3
4.6
6.3
7.1
What processes are taking place at position # 1?
Extreme heat and pressure.
Melting, cooling, and hardening.
Weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Pressure, compaction, and cementation.
What processes are taking place at position # 2?
Weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Pressure, compaction, and cementation.
Extreme heat and pressure.
Melting, cooling, and hardening.
What processes are taking place at position # 4?
Extreme heat and pressure.
Weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Pressure, compaction, and cementation.
Melting.
What processes are taking place at position # 3?
Extreme heat and pressure.
Weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Melting, cooling, and hardening.
Pressure, compaction, and cementation.
When you shaved crayons with a plastic knife and then applied pressure to compact and cement the shavings, you were modeling the formation of a _____ ____.
lava rock
sedimentary rock
igneous rock
metamorphic rock
True or False. When magma cools and hardens quickly it forms a metamorphic rock.
True
False
True or False. When a rock experiences extreme heat and pressure it changes into a metamorphic rock.
True
False
Which physical property is considered the least reliable to identify a mineral?
Hardness
Color
Luster
Streak
Choose the correct type of rock in each position found in the provided picture.
1. Sedimentary; 2. Metamorphic; 3. Magma
1. Sedimentary; 2. Metamorphic; 3. Igneous
1. Metamorphic; 2. Sedimentary; 3. Igneous
1. Igneous; 2. Metamorphic; 3. Sedimentary
The attached picture of m&ms represents rocks. Which of the following steps would represent the processes for the formation of an igneous rock?
Crumbling the m&m pieces.
Melting the m&ms in the microwave and afterwards, letting them cool off and harden.
Smooshing the m&ms together with a large spoon.
Mixing different m&m colors.
True or False. Most minerals exist in just one color.
True
False
True or False. Minerals can change color when they oxidize or tarnish.
True
False
True or False. Each mineral has a unique color.
True
False
True or False. Minerals are made up off rocks.
True
False
What is a mineral? Choose all the descriptors that apply.
Naturally occurring liquid from Earth.
Definite chemical composition and structure.
Naturally occurring solid from Earth.
Changing chemical composition and structure.
True or False. Rocks are made out of minerals and organic matter.
True
False
What physical property of minerals is being tested the attached picture?
Conductivity
Magnetism
Streak
Luster
Tim and Julie are practicing how to identify minerals based on their physical properties in a science lab.
The last mineral they were identifying had a brassy yellow and metallic appearance. When used to scratch the surface of a streak plate, it leaves a greenish-black streak.
What mineral would this be?
Hematite
Pyrite
Sphalerite
Galena
Students were testing the hardness of a mystery mineral in their science class. The mineral they were testing had a silver-gray metallic appearance.
When used to scratch the surface of a streak plate, it leaves a blood red streak.
What would the hardness of this mineral be?
2.5
3.5
5.5
6.0
What type of process is required to change this conglomerate rock (made of cemented sand and pebbles) into a metamorphic rock?
Extreme heat and pressure.
Weathering and erosion.
Melting and cooling.
Compaction and cementation.
What type of process is required to change this conglomerate rock (made of cemented sand and pebbles) into an igneous rock?
Weathering and erosion.
Heat and pressure.
Heat and pressure.
Melting and cooling.
Which physical property used to identify minerals refers to the way the surface of a mineral reflects light?
Magnetism
Luster
Conductivity
Density
Gina is trying to identify an unknown mineral, which has a mass of 36.4 g and a volume of 14 mL.
Based on its calculated density, the unknown mineral sample is most likely ______.
Mica
Halite
Calcite
Feldspar
Henry is trying to identify an unknown mineral, which has a mass of 50 g and a volume of 17 mL.
Based on its calculated density, the unknown mineral sample is most likely ______.
Mica
Calcite
Halite
Feldspar
A type of rock that often contains fossils is _____.
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Magma
A type of rock that forms from extreme heat and pressure is ________.
Magma
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Amy wants to classify the minerals that are dull and non-magnetic in the same group. Based on the information in the data table, which minerals belong in this group?
1 and 3
1 and 5
2 and 5
3 and 5
Steven wants to classify a mineral that is shiny and magnetic in the same group. Based on the information in the data table, which mineral belongs in this group?
2
3
4
5
