WorksheetsExit Ticket: SC.4.E.6.1, SC.4.E.6.2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 2hrs 39mins
Limestone is a rock that often contains fossils. Which type of rock can limestone best be classified as?
igneous
granite
metamorphic
sedimentary
Min’s backyard has pieces of slate rock that are used as a footpath. Slate is a metamorphic rock that splits into flat pieces. What natural forces in Earth cause the formation of slate?
Molten magma deep inside Earth cools and slowly hardens over time.
Great heat and pressure cause the minerals to line up in parallel layers
Lava erupts and runs down the side of a volcano, then cools and hardens.
Sediments of once living things are deposited over time and become cemented.
Douglas has a piece of limestone in his rock collection. He knows that limestone is a sedimentary rock. Which of the following is true about Douglas’s piece of limestone rock?
It has no minerals.
It is made up of layers.
It was formed from magma
It was formed from volcanic lava.
Samantha is identifying different minerals she found on vacation. Which property of the minerals will Samantha be LEAST able to determine by using only her eyes?
color
hardness
luster
texture
Tanya is trying to identify an unknown mineral. To identify the mineral, Tanya breaks it and observes the planes and patterns formed along the break. Which property of minerals is Tanya testing?
cleavage
hardness
luster
texture
Jorge is trying to identify a mineral by observing its luster. This means that he is doing which of the following?
observing the way the mineral reflects light
scratching the mineral with other objects or minerals
examining the color the mineral makes when rubbed across porcelain
feeling the mineral to determine if it is rough, smooth, greasy, or glassy
