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Geology Assessment 2

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3590secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement is true about rocks?
a)
Magma is made of solid rock.
b)
Rocks are made of one or more minerals.
c)
Crystals are made of rocks.
d)
Minerals are made of one or more rocks.
2.
How do you test the hardness of a mineral? 
a)
Throw it against a wall
b)
Step on it
c)
Scratch Test
d)
Kick it until it breaks
3.
Which minerals would all scratch apatite?
a)
diamond, topaz, quartz
b)
quartz, calcite, gypsum
c)
fluorite, talc, calcite
d)
diamond, fluorite, corundum
4.
Which mineral would scratch calcite but not scratch apatite?
a)
fluorite
b)
gypsum
c)
talc
d)
topaz
5.
A mineral is...
a)
solid material made from many different kinds of rocks
b)
a solid matter formed in nature and found in earth materials (rocks)
c)
made from layers of sediment
d)
formed from heat of magma
6.
This is measured on  the Mohs Scale.
a)
Cleavage
b)
Density
c)
Hardness
d)
Luster
7.
What would you use to determine the hardness of a mineral?
a)
color tiles
b)
streak test
c)
Mohs Scale
d)
weight scale
8.
True or False:
A mineral is a solid, nonliving material with a definite chemical makeup.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
How could you determine the streak of a mineral?
a)
streak test
b)
balance test
c)
weight test
d)
scratch test
10.
A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.
a)
mineral
b)
rock
c)
fossil
d)
soil
11.

What property of rock is being observed when looking for whether it is shiny?

a)

luster

b)

hardness

c)

streak

d)

color

12.
What property of rock is being observed when looking for what color is left after scratching it on a ceramic plate?
a)
hardness
b)
color
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
13.
What is Hardness?
a)
The tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.
14.
What is Luster?
a)
The color of a mineral when it is ground into a powder.
b)
A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
c)
The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.
15.
What are 3 properties that are used to identify minerals?
a)
luster, color and sound
b)
smell, color and hardness
c)
luster, color and hardness
d)
luster, smell and hardness
16.
Texture is based on:
a)
size & shape of a rock's mineral grains
b)
how/where a rock forms
c)
the minerals a rock is made up of
17.
How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
cleavage
d)
fracture
18.
Minerals have different properties to help scientists identify them.  Which is NOT a property used to identify minerals?
a)
color
b)
hardness
c)
size
d)
luster
19.
The property of luster means..
a)
the hardness of a mineral
b)
the color of the mineral
c)
the streak the mineral leaves
d)
how the mineral reflects light
20.
Hardness, color, and luster are examples of a mineral's ___________.
a)
price
b)
weight
c)
property
d)
name
21.
The Mohs scale is used to tell the ___________ of a mineral.
a)
color
b)
softness
c)
hardness
22.
A _______ is a solid, naturally formed substance that always has the same composition.
a)
rock
b)
carbon
c)
mineral
d)
water
23.

True or False? A rock is made up of one or more minerals.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Which term names a mineral property?

a)

reflection

b)

sharpness

c)

streak

d)

composed of carbon

25.

Which is NOT a property of rocks?

a)

size

b)

weight

c)

shape

d)

texture

26.

Which physical property of Halite is demonstrated by this pattern of breakage?

a)

hardness

b)

streak

c)

cleavage

d)

luster

27.

Owen tested physical property of a mineral. He rubbed a mineral sample on a piece of white tile. The mineral left a red mark on the tile.

Which of the following physical properties of the mineral was Owen most likely testing?

a)

cleavage

b)

hardness

c)

luster

d)

streak

28.

This type of rocks is made up of layers that are cemented together.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

29.

This type of rock can be created by heat and pressure.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

30.

This type of rock is formed when melted rock cools.

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

31.
What type of rock is formed from melted materials that cook and then harden?
a)
Sedimentary rocks
b)
Metamorphic rocks
c)
Igneous Rocks
32.
What type of rock is pictured?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
33.
What are the three types of rocks?
a)
lava, metamorphic, and sedimentary
b)
igneous, sedimentary, and mineral
c)
metamorphic, lava, and igneous
d)
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
34.

What questions would help me identify a mineral?

a)

What is the weight, color, and luster?

b)

What is the color, luster, and hardness?

c)

What is the color, volume, and weight?

d)

What is the color, weight, and size?

35.

What is luster?

a)

If the mineral is shiny or dull.

b)

If the mineral is hard or soft.

c)

What color the mineral is.

d)

How much the mineral weighs.

36.

What is hardness?

a)

If the mineral is shiny or dull.

b)

If the mineral is hard or soft.

c)

What color the mineral is.

d)

How much the mineral weighs.

37.

How a mineral reflects light is its....

a)

color

b)

luster

c)

hardness

d)

fracture

38.

Which mineral is pink and has a hardness close to glass?

a)

Calcite

b)

Quartz

c)

Feldspar

d)

Talc

39.

Which minerals will scratch Spectrolite?

a)

Moissanite and Boracite

b)

Moissanite and Alabaster

c)

Boracite and Creedite

d)

Ekanite and Alabaster

40.

What would help you determine the hardness of Creedite?

a)

Can Mica scratch Alabaster?

b)

What is the texture of Creedite?

c)

Can Creedite scratch Hematite?

d)

What is the weight of Creedite?

41.

Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?

a)

Crystalline structure

b)

Fills the shape of its container

c)

Usually organic

d)

Random chemical composition

42.

What is fracture?

a)

Ability to reflect light

b)

A break in parallel planes

c)

Uneven break

43.

Two types of igneous rocks are:

a)

Interior and exterior

b)

Intrusive and extrusive

c)

Inside and outside

d)

Enter and exit

44.

Which is a type of sedimentary rock:

a)

inorganic

b)

intrusive

c)

clastic

d)

mineral

45.

Which of these is a property of minerals?

a)

luster

b)

volume

c)

length

d)

mass

46.

What is the difference between rocks and minerals?

a)

A mineral always keeps it shape.

b)

A rock always keeps it shape.

c)

Rocks are made of minerals.

d)

Minerals are made of rocks.

47.

What type of rock is formed from heat and pressure?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

48.

What type of rock is formed from high heat and pressure?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

49.

What type of rock is formed from crystallization of lava on the surface or magma in the Earth?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

50.

What type of rock is formed from deposition and cementation of material over time?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

51.

What is the first step of forming a Sedimentary rock?

a)

Heat and pressure compact the rock

b)

Weathering and erosion makes sediment

c)

Wind and water move sediment

d)

Sediment particles are compacted together

52.

What is shown at letter A?

a)

Magma

b)

Sediment

c)

Sedimentary Rock

d)

Metamorphic Rock

53.

What is shown at letter B?

a)

Melting and cooling

b)

Weathering and erosion

c)

Heat and Pressure

d)

Compaction and Cementation

54.

What is shown at letter C?

a)

Magma

b)

Sediment

c)

Sedimentary Rock

d)

Igneous Rock

55.

What is shown at letter D?

a)

Melting

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Cooling

56.

What is shown at letter E?

a)

Melting and cooling

b)

Weathering and Erosion

c)

Heat and Pressure

d)

Compaction and Cementation

57.
___________ is the color of powdered mineral.
a)
Luster
b)
Streak
c)
Fracture
58.
What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
59.

Which of the following processes produces metamorphic rocks?

a)

Rapid burial

b)

Gradual cooling

c)

Regular deposition

d)

Extreme pressure

60.

Compaction, layers and cementation is best associated with what type of rock?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Pancake Rocks

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