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- 1. Multiple ChoiceElements or compounds that make up the mineral.CleavageFractureChemical compositionHardness
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe measure of how easily a mineral is scratched.CleavageFractureChemical compositionHardness
- 3. Multiple ChoiceComposed of crystals, a solid geometric form that results from a repeating pattern.InorganicLusterCrystalline StructureMatter
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIs not living and has never been alive.InorganicLusterCrystalline StructureMatter
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe ability of a material to reflect.InorganicLusterCrystalline StructureMatter
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAnything that has volume and mass.InorganicLusterCrystalline StructureMatter
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA natural, inorganic, solid material that is made of crystals, and had a chemical composition.Mohs Hardness ScaleMineralNaturally OccuringStreak
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe color of the powder of a mineral left behind when it is scratched or ground up.Mohs Hardness ScaleMineralNaturally OccuringStreak
- 9. Multiple ChoiceNatural processes that occur on Earth and throughout the Universe.Mohs Hardness ScaleMineralNaturally OccuringStreak
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA rating system that compares the hardness of minerals based on their resistance to scratching.Mohs Hardness ScaleMineralNaturally OccuringStreak
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe sticking together of sediments caused by minerals growing around them.DepositionErosionSedimentsCementation
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe placing of sediments in a new location from where they are created.DepositionErosionSedimentsCementation
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe movement of sediments from one location to another by wind,water,ice, or gravity.DepositionErosionSedimentsCementation
- 14. Multiple ChoiceSmall particles of weathered rock that is moved and deposited by wind,water,ice or gravity .DepositionErosionSedimentsCementation
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by physical and chemical forces.DepositionErosionSedimentsWeathering
- 16. Multiple ChoiceType of rock that is formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material.Metamorphic RockSedimentary RockIgneous Rock
- 17. Multiple ChoiceA type of rock made of lava or magma and is formed by melting, cooling and crystallizing.Metamorphic RockSedimentary RockIgneous Rock
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA type of rock that is made from existing rock that is formed under intense heat and pressure.Metamorphic RockSedimentary RockIgneous Rock
- 19. Multiple ChoiceYou observe a rock while outside near the park. What would be the next step in the Rock Cycle?meltingpressureerosioncrystallization
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe Rock Cycle...changes the Earth's surface.when broken down can form into another rock.provide material for the other classes of rock.All of these choices
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