WorksheetsRocks and Minerals
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not a type of rock?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Magma
d)
Sedimentary
2.
What process is necessary to change a sedimentary rock to a metamorphic rock?
a)
Weathering and erosion
b)
Heat and/or pressure
c)
Melting
d)
Solidification
3.
How is magma formed?
a)
From melting of igneous rock
b)
From melting of metamorphic rock
c)
From melting of sedimentary rock
d)
All of the above
4.
How does magma become igneous rock?
a)
Melting
b)
Pressure
c)
Solidification
d)
Erosion
5.
How does igneous rock become metamorphic rock?
a)
Heat and/or pressure
b)
Melting
c)
Compaction and cementation
d)
Burial
6.
How does a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?
a)
Compaction and cementation
b)
Heat and/or pressure
c)
Melting and solidification
d)
Weathering and erosion
7.
How are sediments formed?
a)
Compaction and cementation
b)
Weathering and erosion
c)
Melting and solidification
d)
Heat and/or pressure
8.
What are the three types of rocks that are part of the rock cycle?
a)
Hard, soft, and brittle
b)
Sand, stone, and volcanic
c)
Dactylic, iambic, and spondaic
d)
Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
9.
Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
compaction
d)
deposition
10.
Which statement is true of ALL rocks?
a)
Rocks contain organic material.
b)
Rocks contain fossils.
c)
Rocks are formed in layers.
d)
Rocks are composed of minerals.
11.
Which of the following is a chemical property of a mineral?
a)
Hardness
b)
Luster
c)
Atomic Structure
d)
Color
12.
What is the name of the property that describes how light reflects off of a mineral?
a)
Hardness
b)
Luster
c)
Atomic Structure
d)
Color
13.
What word describes the material resulting from in a streak test?
a)
Fractured
b)
Powdered
c)
Scratched
d)
Liquid
14.
What tool would you need to discover whether a mineral has a fracture?
a)
A hammer
b)
A file
c)
A grinder
d)
A harder material
15.
Which physical property requires no tools, scales, or other equipment to determine?
a)
Hardness
b)
Fracture
c)
Color
d)
Cleavage
16.
What property of a mineral indicates that it has cleavage?
a)
A milky-white color
b)
The ability to be scratched by a steal file
c)
The fact that is sizzles in the presence of hydrochloric acid
d)
Smooth faces (sides)
17.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?
a)
Must be a natural substance
b)
Has a crystalline structure
c)
Has a definite chemical makeup
d)
Must be hard to break
18.
The hardness of a mineral is closely related to the
a)
Mineral's color
b)
Mineral's abundance in nature
c)
Internal arrangement of the mineral's atoms and ability to be scratched
d)
Amount of iron the mineral contains
19.
WHICH TYPE OF ROCK ARE FOSSILS GENERALLY FOUND IN?
a)
SEDIMENTARY
b)
VOLCANIC
c)
METAMORPHIC
d)
IGNEOUS
20.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
DEOPOSITION
b)
WEATHERING
c)
CLEAVAGE
d)
EROSION
21.
The Moh's scale is most useful for
a)
Calculating the density of a mineral sample
b)
Identifying a mineral sample
c)
Finding the mass of a mineral sample
d)
Determining how a mineral sample cleaves
22.
Rocks are classified as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic primarily based on their
a)
texture
b)
crystal or grain size
c)
method of formation
d)
mineral composition
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