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Rocks and Minerals Test Study Guide (front and back)
1.) What rock type may contain fossils?
2.) What rock type comes from cooling magma/lava?
3.) What rock type comes from hardening of pieces of broken rock, eroded
mineral grains, or the remains of living things? ____
4.) What rock type comes from rocks that endure heat and pressure over
time?
5.) Igneous rocks that form under the earth’s surface are called
___
6.) Igneous rocks that form on top of the earth’s surface are called
___
7.) What kind of crystals do intrusive rocks have?
8.) What kind of crystals to extrusive rocks have?
9.) What causes the change in size of the crystals? _________________
10.)
Sedimentary rocks formed by mineral grains or other rock fragments
moved and deposited are called
11.)
Sedimentary rocks formed by the remains of plants and animals are
called
12.)
Sedimentary rocks formed by evaporation and other chemical
processes are called
13.)
What does a foliated rock have?
14.)
What type of rock can be foliated?
Complete the table:
Type
Subset
Example
How Made?
Igneous
Obsidian
Metamorphic
Foliated
Sedimentary
Igneous
Coal
Intrusive
Detrital
Marble
15.)
Name an identifying characteristic of each type of rock.
Metamorphic- _______________________________
Igneous- ___________________________________
Sedimentary- _______________________________
16.)
What type of rock can come from Subduction? _______________
Complete the table of Mineral Properties:
Physical Properties (7)
Hardness
Description and/or Test
Luster
Density
Streak
Cleavage/ Fracture
Crystal Structure
Color
Chemical Properties (2)
Description and/or Test
Acid Reaction
Fluorescence
What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources?
What makes natural resources valuable (3 things)?
What is an ore?
What is a fossil fuel?