Which of the following is NOT a rock?
a. igneous
b. metamorphic
c. sedimentary
d. fossil
What is fossil?
100
Which property can BEST be used to identify a type of mineral?
a. hardness
b. mass
c. size
d. tempearture
What is hardness?
100
Which mineral is the hardest on Moh's Hardness scale?
What is a diamond?
100
New large rocks can be formed when small rocks..
a. freeze
b.dissolve
c. get squeezed together
What is get squeezed together?
100
A scratch test measures which property of a mineral?
a. color
b. luster
c. hardness
d. texture
What is hardness?
200
When lava from an erupting volcano cools, it forms what kind of rock?
What is igneous?
200
Which test is used to show the color of the minerals found in certain rocks?
a. scratch tests
b. streak test
c. smell test
What is streak test?
200
Susan is studying minerals. Which will NOT help him name the mineral?
a. the shape of the crystals
b. the size of the mineral
c. the color of the mark
d. the hardeness of the mineral
What is the size of the mineral?
200
Minerals are made from smaller parts called ...
a. soil
b. rocks
c. elements
What is elements?
200
Galena has a hardness of 3. Quartz has a hardness of 7. Which mineral is the hardest?
What is quartz?
300
Granite is a type of ____________.
a. rock
b. mineral
What is rock?
300
Name three properties of rocks.
What is color, luster, streak, hardness, or texture?
300
Skyler saw tiny crystals inside a rock. He should know that the rock has
a. minerals
b. air
What is minerals?
300
High temperatures inside Earth form....
a. melted rock
b. fossils
c. soil
What is melted rock?
300
What is the most common type of mineral?
What is feldspar?
400
Some rocks form when...
a. snow covers a mountain
b. fertilizer is added to soil
c. rocks melt underground and flow into the surface
What is rocks melt underground and flow into the surface?
400
Mrs. Smith's Class is studying minerals. To find the name of each mineral, the student must know ...
a. the shape of the mineral
b. the color of the mark made on a tile
What is the color of the mark made on the tile?
400
Scientists use a scratch test to help identify..
a. smells
b. leaves
c. insects
d. minerals
What is minerals?
400
True or False
Rocks can turn into other rocks.
What is true?
400
Talc has a hardness of 2. Garnet has a hardness of 7. Which mineral is the hardest?
What is garnet?
500
Volcanoes form what type of rock?
What is igneous?
500
Which rock breaks up the fastest?
a. rock deep underground
b. rock with small crystals
c. rock that is easy to scratch?
What is rock that is easy to scratch?
500
What is NOT true about minerals?
a. Minerals are part of rocks.
b. Minerals are fossils.
What is minerals are fossils?
500
The rock cycle includes all three types of rocks. Name all three types of rock.