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WorksheetsRocks and Minerals
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 17mins
Griffin mixed a mystery powder in water and the powder seemed to disappear. What happened to the powder?
The powder dissolved.
The powder evaporated.
The powder turned yellow.
The powder made bubbles.
Which OBSERVABLE and PHYSICAL property do geologists use to begin identifying minerals?
sound
length
color
size
Why might reusable utensils, such as spoons, forks, and knives, be made of metal rather than plastic?
Metal is prettier than plastic.
Metal is newer than plastic.
Metal is harder and stronger than plastic.
Metal utensils are always bigger than plastic utensils.
A geologist is a scientist who studies Earth materials. A geologist wants to test the STREAK of a mineral. What should she do?
Rub the mineral sample across a ceramic plate.
View the mineral sample under bright lights.
Place salt on top of the mineral sample.
Use fire to melt the mineral sample.
Which testable property is the best way to identify a mineral?
size
shape
hardness
mass
Which of the following tests can be used to help a geologist describe the CLEAVAGE of a mineral sample?
Observing how shiny the mineral sample is
Trying to scratch the mineral sample with your fingernail.
Rubbing the mineral sample across a ceramic plate.
Trying to break the mineral sample along different directions.
Elizabeth describes a mineral sample as metallic and shiny. Which observable property is Elizabeth describing?
Streak
color
Hardness
luster
If Feldspar is 6 on the scale, which common object would scratch it?
A fingernail and penny
A steel file and ceramic streak plate
An iron nail and glass
None of the common objects
How are rocks classified?
luster and cleavage
smell and taste
hardness and streak
how they are formed and the processes that create them
Which statement below best describes how sedimentary rocks are formed?
Deposited rock particles, or sediment, are compacted over time.
Molten rock and lava cool under the ground
Rocks are transformed by the application of heat and pressure over long periods of time.
none of these choices.
These rocks start out as one rock, but a transformed by the application of heat and pressure over long periods of time.
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Minerals
