Download Rocks and Minerals

Multiple Choice
1) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic used to identify rocks?
a) color
b) mass
c) texture
d) mineral composition
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2) The shape or form a mineral consistently takes when it is forming is called a/n _____________
a) habit
b) streak
c) smelting
d) density
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3) Process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure.
a) weathering
b) crystallization
c) evaporation
d) composition
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4) The way that a mineral's surface reflects light.
a) color
b) streak
c) luster
d) hardness
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5) The color of a mineral's powder.
a) color
b) streak
c) luster
d) hardness
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6) Rates the Hardness of a Mineral from 1 to 10.
a) scratch test
b) Moh's scale
c) mineral ore
d) density
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7) Way to determine the Hardness of a mineral.
a) scratch test
b) Moh's scale
c) luster
d) density
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8) Repeating Pattern of atomic Particles
a) compound
b) element
c) mineral composition
d) crystal structure
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9) Loose fragments and particles of rocks that are eroded and settle in low-lying areas are called
___________________
a) sediment
b) grains
c) gravel
d) mineral ore
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10) 2 or more Elements combined to make a new substance
a) compound
b) element
c) mineral composition
d) crystal structure
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11) Narrow Channel of a mineral Found in a crack of a rock or between two rocks.
a) solution
b) vein
c) intrusive rock
d) extrusive rock
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12) Breaking along smooth, flat surfaces
a) fracture
b) density
c) streak
d) cleavage
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13) What is this process called?
a) liquid displacement
b) streak test
c) crystallization
d) scratch test
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14) Igneous rock formed inside the earth.
a) intrusive rock
b) extrusive rock
c) lava
d) alloy
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15) The wearing away and breaking of rocks due to water, wind, ice and oraganisms is called
___________
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) compaction
d) cementation
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16) The particles that make up the texture of a rock are called______________________.
a) sediment
b) grains
c) gravel
d) mineral composition
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17) Small crystals in minerals or rocks are formed by ______________.
a) Very Rapid Cooling at or near Earths surface
b) Very Slow Cooling inside the Earth
c) 2 or more Elements combined to form new substance
d) crystallization
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18) Rocks are made of mixtures of ____________________ and other materials.
a) elements
b) sediments
c) minerals
d) alloys
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19) Rock formed from other rocks that are exposed to intense heat and pressure inside the Earth.
a) Sedimentary
b) Igneous
c) Metamorphic
d) Vlcanic
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20) Rocks that form from the cooling of magma or lava.
a) Sedimentary
b) Igneous
c) Metamorphic
d) Conglomerate
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21) Terms that describe the grain size of a rock.
a) banded or nonbanded
b) crystal or fragment
c) rounded or jagged
d) coarse or fine
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22) The movement of rock fragments and particles to low lying areas.
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) compaction
d) cementation
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23) Which of the following is NOT considered when describing texture?
a) grain size
b) grain shape
c) grain density
d) grain pattern
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Matching
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Heat and Pressure
Cementation and Compaction
Cooling
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Weathering and Erosion
Melting
Magma
a) IX
b) II
c) VIII
d) VII
e) I
f) V
g) III
h) VI
i) IV
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Fill in the Blank
33) Sediment + _______________ = Sedimentary
34) _______________ + _______________ = Igneous Rock
35) A/n _______________ is formed from mixing 2 or more substances where at least one of them
is a metal.
36) Rocks + _______________ = Metamorphic Rock
37) Rocks with ribbon-like grain pattern are called _______________
38) A rock that contains valuable, minable minerals is called a/n _______________
Problem: Answer the following problems on a seperate sheet of paper
39) What is the density of a Liquid if its Volume = 12mL and its Mass = 54g?
40) Find the Density of a Mineral whose Volume = 6mL and Mass = 72g
Short Answer
41) What determines the size of the crystals in Igneous rocks?
42) What is the volume of this object?
43) What is the mass of the object on this balance?