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Which of the following is not true about the formation of minerals?
a) They are solid materials with particles arranged in a repeating crystal pattern.
b) They come from nonliving materials.
c) They form only through heat.
d) The form in the mantle.

What are rocks?
a) Rocks are made from living materials in nature.
b) Rocks are made from more than one mineral.
c) Rocks are particles arranged in a repeating pattern.
d) Rocks form only through pressure.

Which of the following is not a characteristic scientists use to classify minerals?
a) hardness
b) luster
c) volume
d) streak

What type of rock forms when existing rocks are subjected to high heat and great pressure?
a) minerals
b) igneous
c) sedimentary
d) metamorphic

What type of rock forms from pressure as minerals and rocks are squeeze together?
a) minerals
b) igneous
c) sedimentary
d) metamorphic

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 using heat and pressure to change rock into dirt.
c) It is the ongoing process of changing rocks into larger rocks.
d) It is the process of weathering a rocking into nothing.

What is the hardest mineral according to the Mohs' Hardness Scale?
a) talc
b) diamond
c) quartz
d) apatite

What type of rock forms from cooled lava?
a) minerals
b) igneous
c) sedimentary
d) metamorphic

What is a streak?
a) the color of the powder left behind when you rub a material against a white tile
b) a natural, solid material with particles arranged in a repeating pattern
c) a mineral's ability to resist being scratched
d) the way the surface of a mineral reflects light

Which mineral can be easily scratched by fluorite according to Mohs' Hardness Scale?
a) topaz
b) talc
c) fluorite
d) diamond

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