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Pre-Test: Rocks and Minerals

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These are building blocks of rocks.

a)

minerals

b)

aggregates

c)

regoliths

d)

sediments

2.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral

a)

laboratory-grown

b)

inorganic

c)

has definite-chemical make up

d)

solid

3.

It is the most abundant rock-forming mineral.

a)

Silicate

b)

Carbonates

c)

Oxide

d)

Sulfides

4.

It is a mineral property that talks about the mineral's resistance to scratch.

a)

Cleavage

b)

Fracture

c)

Hardness

d)

Luster

5.

These are aggregates of minerals.

a)

Rocks

b)

Minerals

6.

These are rocks formed from cooling and crystallization of magma/lava.

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Non-foliated metamorphic

d)

Foliated Metamorphic

7.

These are rocks formed from lithification of particles of rocks.

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Non-foliated

d)

Foliated

8.

These are fast forming igneous rocks.

a)

Intrusive

b)

Extrusive

c)

Foliated

d)

Non-foliated

9.

A type of sedimentary rocks that are formed from broken pieces of pre-existing rocks.

a)

Clastic

b)

Chemical

c)

Biological

10.

The rock cycle continues to happen because of ____?____

a)

The crust of the earth

b)

The core of the earth

c)

The asthenosphere of the earth

d)

The mantle of the earth