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Rocks and Minerals Test
Name (2pts):_________________
Date (2pts): _________________
Period (2pts):_________________
Directions: Circle the letter of the correct answer AND write the letter of the correct answer on the line
beside of the question number. Question #’s 1-38 are worth 2 points. If you have read these directions,
draw a smiley face at the top of this page to receive 4 bonus points.
1. A type of physical weathering in which rocks are gradually worn down.
A. Compaction
B. Erosion
C. Cementation
D. Deposition
2. When a mineral is ground into powder, this is the color of the powder.
Sometimes this color is not the same color as the original mineral.
A. Crystal
B. Streak
C. Luster
D. Silicates
3. A metamorphic rock that has visible layers or bands.
A. Foliated
B. Non-Foliated
C. Luster
D. Compacted
4. The process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by ice,
water, wind, temperature, plants, animals, or by chemicals.
A. Erosion
B. Sublimation
C. Weathering
D. Cementation
5. Particles arranged in a repeating pattern. Most minerals are made up of
these.
A. Gems
B. Crystal
C. Rock
D. Volcanic Glass.
6. A property of minerals that is used to describe how a mineral reflects light.
A. Luster
B. Foliation
C. Hardness
D. Streak
7. A mixture of minerals, rock fragments, volcanic glass, organic matter, or
other natural material.
A. Magma
B. Crystal
C. Silicates
D. Rock
8. Hot, melted rock that cools when it reaches Earth’s surface.
A. Sediments
B. Minerals
C. Halite
D. Magma
9. A model that shows how rocks slowly change through time.
A. Mineral Cycle
B. Rock Cycle
C. Organic Cycle
D. Crystal Cycle
10. Rocks that cooled so quickly that few or no mineral grains formed.
A. Halite
B. Sediment
C. Volcanic Glass
D. Organic Minerals
11.This organic sedimentary rock forms when pieces of dead plants are buried
under other sediments in swamps.
A. Slate
B. Shale
C. Halite
D. Coal
12. Rock Salt is formed from this mineral.
A. Halite
B. Granite
C. Coal
D. Crystal
13. Loose materials that have been moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
A. Foliates
B. Sediments
C. Minerals
D. Sand
14. Minerals that break along smooth, flat surfaces.
A. Cleavage
B. Streak
C. Hardness
D. Intrusive
15. A mineral or rock that contains a useful substance that can be mined for a
profit.
A. Ore
B. Silicone
C. Fracture
D. Halite
16. The ratio of a mineral’s weight compared with the weight of an equal
volume of water.
A. Specific Weight
B. Specific Mass
C. Specific Gravity
D. Specific Volume
17. Rocks that form below the Earth’s surface.
A. Extrusive
B. Intrusive
C. Internal
D. External
18. A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
A. Cleavage
B. Luster
C. Hardness
D. Streak
19. Rocks that form as lava cools on the surface of the Earth.
A. Intrusive
B. Extrusive
C. Volcanic Glass
D. Halite
20. Rocks that form when sediments are pressed and cemented together.
A. Sedimentary
B. Metamorphic
C. Igneous
D. Extrusive
21. The texture of a rock when mineral grains grow and rearrange, but do not
form layers.
A. Foliated
B. Non-Foliated
C. Intrusive
D. Extrusive
22. So far, around
A. 120
B. 400
C. 4,000
D. 40,000
minerals have been identified.
23. Clues to a mineral’s identity include
A. Streak
B. Luster
C. Hardness
D. All of the above
.
24. If a mineral contains something useful and can be sold for a profit, what is
it?
A. Gem
B. Ore
C. Crystal
D. Rock
25.
describes how light reflects from a mineral.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Streak
Luster
Hardness
Cleavage
26. What type of rock comes from volcanic eruptions?
A. Igneous
B. Sedimentary
C. Metamorphic
D. Minerals
27. Rocks created when pieces of other rocks, plant and animal matter, or
dissolved minerals collect to form layers.
A. Igneous
B. Sedimentary
C. Metamorphic
D. Minerals
28. A solid mineral with a repeating pattern of atoms.
A. Gem
B. Rock
C. Super Mineral
D. Crystal
29. Rocks that form when lava cools on Earth’s surface.
A. Intrusive
B. Sedimentary
C. Metamorphic
D. Extrusive
30.Rocks formed over millions of years from living matter.
A. Organic
B. Petrified
C. Foliated
D. Chemical
31. Rocks formed when seawater, loaded with minerals, evaporates.
A. Intrusive
B. Extrusive
C. Organic
D. Chemical
32. Metamorphic rocks with no distinct layers or bands.
A. Foliated
B. Nonfoliated
C. Organic
D. Chemical
33. Which statement best describes the relationship between rocks and
minerals.
A. Rocks and minerals are the same thing
B. Rocks are usually made of minerals
C. Rocks and minerals are both made of gems.
D. Minerals are usually made of rocks
34. The word “metamorphic” means
A. Produced by heat
B. Very old
C. Made of living matter
D. Change of form.
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35.When broken pieces of rock are cemented together by other minerals,
what type of rock is formed?
A. Igneous
B. Metamorphic
C. Sedimentary
D. Intrusive
36. The rock cycle
.
A. Just recently began
B. Stopped millions of years ago
C. Is happening all the time.
D. Stops and Starts
37. Foliated and nonfoliated rocks are both types of
A. Igneous
B. Metamorphic
C. Sedimentary
D. Intrusive
38. Rocks
A. Sometimes
B. Never
C. Constantly
D. Rarely
rocks.
change form from one form to another.
39. A geologist collected the following Metamorphic rock samples and
recorded the depth at which they were found inside of the Earth in the chart
below:
Rock
#1
#2
#3
#4
Depth
8,775 Ft. 4,000 Ft. 3,850 Ft. 9,875 Ft 3,500 Ft
What is the mean, median, mode, and range of the rock samples? (8 Points)
Mean: ______________
Median: ______________
Mode: ______________
Range: ______________
#5
Short answer
Answer the following question in complete sentences. Begin by restating the
question. Add as many details as you possibly can.
40.
"Sue" is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, which is the
largest, most extensive and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found. The
fossilized remains were most likely found in which type of rock? Why? EXPLAIN YOUR
ANSWER. (10 Points)
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