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What does the rock cycle explain?
a) How rocks becomes minerals
b) The process every rock takes to turn into another rock
c) How minerals become rocks
d) How rocks form
What is the hardness of Gypsum?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 1
What is streak?
a) a minerals color
b) a minerals luster
c) color of a minerals powder
d) what a mineral looks like when it is broken
What streak does diamond have?
a) off white
b) clear
c) white
d) no streak
What streak does graphite have?
a) gray
b) black
c) shiny
d) dull
What is an igneous rock
a) a rock formed from pieces of sediment being pushed together
b) a rock formed from cooling of lava
c) melted rock
d) a rock formed from intense heat and pressure
What is a sedimentary rock
a) a rock formed from pieces of sediment being pushed together
b) a rock formed from cooling of lava
c) broken rocks
d) a rock formed from intense heat and pressure
What is a metamorphic rock?
a) a rock formed from pieces of sediment being pushed together
b) a rock formed from cooling of lava
c) squished rock
d) a rock formed from intense heat and pressure
Which mineral does not have a special property?
a) sulfur
b) pyrite
c) calcite
d) magnetite
What kind of luster does graphite have?
a) metallic
b) glassy
c) waxy
d) pearly
What is the hardness of Topaz
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
Which is an igneous rock?
a) coal
b) obsidian
c) schist
d) shale
Which is a sedimentary rock?
a) shale
b) rhyolite
c) slate
d) basalt
Which is a metamorphic rock?
a) conglomerate
b) granite
c) limestone
d) slate
Which property is the least useful to identify a mineral?
a) streak
b) color
c) crystal structure
d) hardness
Whys is mercury not a mineral?
a) its a liquid
b) it is organic
c) its created by people
d) the atoms are not in a pattern
Why are rocks not minerals?
a) they are not natural
b) they were once alive
c) their atoms are not in a pattern
d) rocks at one point were liquid
What mineral is used to help writing?
a) wood
b) graphite
c) diamond
d) quartz
What rock is used in building materials?
a) Quartz
b) Granite
c) Sandstone
d) Marble
How could granite eventually turn into sandstone
a) the granite would be put under a lot of heat and pressure for a long time
b) the granite would break apart and eventually be cemented back together
c) the granite would melt and then harden into sandstone
d) the granite would be washed up on a beach and then mix into all of the sand
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