WorksheetsUnit 4 Rocks, Minerals, and Resources (TEST) Study Guide
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is the process of rock breaking apart into smaller pieces called?
Weathering
Melting
Condensation
Evaporation
What is the process of moving the broken pieces of rock (sediment) from one place to another called?
Erosion
Condensation
Evaporation
Deposition
What is the dropping off of weathered rock (sediment) by wind or moving water as it slows down called?
Deposition
Erosion
Evaporation
Condensation
What are the broken-down pieces of rock called?
Sediment
Magma
Fossil
Crystal
Which mineral property describes a mineral's ability to scratch another mineral?
Hardness
Luster
Cleavage
Streak
Which mineral property describes how light reflects from the mineral’s surface?
Luster
Hardness
Cleavage
Streak
Which mineral property is the color left behind when the mineral is rubbed on a white tile?
Streak
Luster
Hardness
Cleavage
Which mineral property is when a mineral breaks along smooth and straight lines or into thin, flat sheets?
Cleavage
Luster
Hardness
Streak
Which mineral property is when some minerals attract things that have iron in them?
Magnetism
Luster
Hardness
Cleavage
What is a rock?
A rock is a natural solid made of one or more minerals.
A rock is a type of artificial plastic.
A rock is a liquid found underground.
A rock is a gas present in the atmosphere.
Classifying Rocks: Rocks are classified by how they _____?
form
look
feel
taste
Classifying Rocks: Which type of rock forms when melted rock (magma or lava) cools and hardens?
Sedimentary Rock
Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Limestone
What does the size of the mineral crystals in igneous rocks tell you?
How fast it cooled: Large crystals = cooled slowly (below surface); Small crystals = cooled quickly (at surface).
How much pressure the rock was under during formation.
The color of the rock.
The amount of water present during formation.
Classifying Rocks: Which type of rock may contain fossils and forms from sediment that collects in layers, is pressed down, and glued together?
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Marble
Classifying Rocks: Metamorphic rocks are often found in mountain ranges.
True
False
What is the Rock Cycle?
The Rock Cycle is the continuous process of rock changing from one type to another.
The Rock Cycle is the process of water evaporating from rocks.
The Rock Cycle is the process of plants growing on rocks.
The Rock Cycle is the process of rocks melting into water.
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Renewable resources can be replaced quickly or used again and again. Nonrenewable resources are limited because they take thousands or millions of years to form.
Renewable resources are always man-made, while nonrenewable resources are always natural.
Renewable resources are more expensive than nonrenewable resources.
Nonrenewable resources can be replaced quickly, while renewable resources take millions of years to form.
Resources Found on Earth: Which of the following is a renewable resource?
A) Oil
B) Water
C) Coal
D) Minerals
Resources Found on Earth: Limestone is used in buildings and cement. Is it a renewable or nonrenewable resource?
Nonrenewable
Renewable
Inexhaustible
Organic
Phosphate is used to make ________ and detergents.
fertilizers
plastics
paints
medicines
Silica is used to make which of the following?
Fertilizers
Detergents
Solar panels
Wildlife reserves
Which of the following are examples of natural resources?
Water, soil, plants, and animals
Solar panels and detergents
Phosphate and silica
None of the above
Rocks that have been changed from other rocks by heat and pressure
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
