Rocks, Minerals, And Fossils Review Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 55865)


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Which is the least useful in classifying a mineral?
a) color
b) density
c) hardness
d) luster

Which is the hardest natural mineral?
a) diamond
b) talc
c) gypsum
d) quartz

What can we learn from fossils?
a) Types of organisms that lived years ago
b) Sizes of organisms from years ago
c) Organisms that are now extinct
d) all of the above

When identifying minerals, what scale is used to test hardness?
a) Moh's scale
b) Hardness scale
c) You don't use a scale, you just scratch it
d) Bathroom scale

What causes foliation and banding in metamorphic rocks?
a) extreme heat and pressure
b) melting and cooling
c) cementation and compaction
d) weathering and erosion

Which group includes types of fossils?
a) trace, cast, mold
b) rock, mineral, bone
c) footprints, bone, leaf print
d) dinosaur, trilobite, ammonite

When using diagrams to correlate rock layers
a) all of the above
b) index fossils can help
c) some layers may be missing due to erosion
d) you have your oldest layers on the bottom, but must be careful about the age of an igneous intrusion

An igneous intrusion
a) Is always younger than the rocks it cuts through
b) is always older than the rocks it cuts through
c) can only cut through other igneous rocks
d) contains fossils

Which mineral is often mistaken for gold?
a) pyrite
b) silver
c) lead
d) calcite

True or False--All fossils are bones.
a) false
b) true
c) maybe
d) all of the above

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