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- 1. Multiple Choice
What rock forms as a response to heat and pressure?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Calcite
- 2. Multiple Choice
What BEST describes rocks?
Rocks contain more than one mineral.
Rocks are made inside of Earth's mantle.
Just like minerals, rocks have a certain shape.
Rocks and minerals have a definite chemical composition.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What mineral scratches all other minerals?
Talc
Calcite
Diamond
Topaz
- 4. Multiple Choice
If underground pockets of magma _________________ and solidify, ________________ is formed.
cools quickly, metamorphic rock
cools quickly, igneous rock
cools slowly, igneous rock
cools quickly, metamorphic rock
- 5. Multiple Choice
If igneous rock forms deep under the ground it ________________ forming ____________.
cools quickly, large crystals
cools slowly, large crystals
cools quickly, small crystals
cools quickly, large crystals
- 6. Multiple Choice
What type of rock is similar to a peanut butter sandwich in the respect that they both have layers?
mineral rock
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
- 7. Multiple Choice
How are rocks different than minerals?
rocks have no properties similar to minerals
rocks are made up of at least 2 minerals but minerals are not made of rocks
rocks are a pure substance and minerals are mixtures
minerals are made up of at least 2 rocks but rocks are not made of minerals
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is Mrs. Hickman's fav food?
Cheeseburger
Potato Soup
Mashed Potatoes
Cheese Grits
- 9. Multiple Choice
The teacher is teaching rocks and minerals. If bread represents a rock, the flour, milk and yeast are most likely what?
fossils
gems
rocks
minerals
- 10. Multiple Choice
Juan observes a material in the rocks of a hill. Juan hammers off a piece and then examines the pieces with a hand lens. He makes the following notes about what he observes. What did he most likely observe through the hand lens?
Mineral
Rock
Compound
Element
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which factor is NOT used in determining the type of mineral?
Luster
Streak
Weight
Color
- 12. Multiple Choice
What best explains the rock cycle?
sedimentary rocks may be remelted several times
rocks move in circles on the earth as the earth rotates
rocks can be moved from place to place on the earth without changing
rocks are continually changing, and any type of rock may be
transformed into another type by appropriate processes
- 13. Multiple Choice
This example of sedimentary rock is formed when rock fragments, minerals, and the remains of plants and animals are deposited as sediments and are then.....
recrystalized under the weight of the layers.
compacted and cemented together.
melted due to increased temperature and pressure.
chemically weathered by water.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What type of rock is likely to form in Hawaii?
Limestone
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
- 15. Multiple Choice
Voldemort used a ceramic plate and scratched the mineral on the plate. He noticed a greenish black streak on the plate. Voldemort was disappointed, because gold has a golden yellow streak. He had really found pyrite. Which test did Voldemort use to determine if he had found gold?
Streak Test
Luster Test
Fracture Test
Scratch Test
- 16. Multiple Choice
Metamorphic rock is changed INTO igneous rock by
sedimentation and lithification.
melting followed by cooling and solidification.
weathering and erosion.
heat, pressure, and chemical activity.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What type of rock is typically associated with fossils?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
- 18. Multiple Choice
When a mineral reflects the light, it is known to have?
Streak
Color
Cleavage
Luster
- 19. Multiple Choice
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
By cooling and solidification of magma or lavaBy the compaction of layers of sediments
By the transformation of existing rock types in a process called metamorphismBy the evaporation of water - 20. Multiple Choice
What word in the chart below identifies granite and basalt as igneous rock?
Crystallization
Heat and pressure
Deposition
Exposure
- 21. Multiple Choice
The Mohs Scale checks a minerals _______________.
color
hardness
streak
fracture
- 22. Multiple Choice
Rocks are identified by
Their color and smell
Their sizeHow much they weight
How they are formed
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