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Rocks And Minerals
Test Description: This review will cover material discuss in chapter C2.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is not true about the formation of minerals?
A
The form in the mantle.
B
They are solid materials with particles arranged in a repeating crystal pattern.
C
They form only through heat.
D
They come from nonliving materials.
2) What are rocks?
A
Rocks are particles arranged in a repeating pattern.
B
Rocks are made from more than one mineral.
C
Rocks are made from living materials in nature.
D
Rocks form only through pressure.
3) Which of the following is not a characteristic scientists use to classify minerals?
A
luster
B
hardness
C
streak
D
volume
4) What type of rock forms when existing rocks are subjected to high heat and great pressure?
A
igneous
B
metamorphic
C
minerals
D
sedimentary
5) What type of rock forms from pressure as minerals and rocks are squeeze together?
A
sedimentary
B
metamorphic
C
igneous
D
minerals
6) What is the rock cycle?
A
It is never ending process of changing rocks from one type into another.
B
It is the process of weathering a rocking into nothing.
C
It is the process of using heat and pressure to change rock into dirt.
D
It is the ongoing process of changing rocks into larger rocks.
7) What is the hardest mineral according to the Mohs' Hardness Scale?
A
talc
B
quartz
C
apatite
D
diamond
8) What type of rock forms from cooled lava?
A
igneous
B
sedimentary
C
metamorphic
D
minerals
9) What is a streak?
A
the way the surface of a mineral reflects light
B
a mineral's ability to resist being scratched
C
the color of the powder left behind when you rub a material against a white tile
D
a natural, solid material with particles arranged in a repeating pattern
10) Which mineral can be easily scratched by fluorite according to Mohs' Hardness Scale?
A
talc
B
topaz
C
fluorite
D
diamond
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