Rocks and Minerals Review

Which of the following is not a characteristic needed to be considered a mineral?

• must be living

• crystals in a repeating pattern

• definite crystal structure

• must be naturally occurring

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which is NOT a way to identify minerals?

• color

• density

• streak

• odor

• all are ways

What is the rock cycle?

• a series of processes that shows how one rock can become another type of rock

• a scale of hardness of minerals

• a series of process that shows the age of rocks

The hardest mineral on Mohs Hardness Scale will have a hardness of ________.

• 5

• 10

• 1

• 8

When magma cools to form igneous rocks, what kind of rock did it form? ( check all that apply

• intrusive

• extrusive

• foliated

• nonfoliated

Cooled lava on Earth's surface turns into which type of rock?

• intrusive

• extrusive

• foliated

• non-foliated

What are the three types of Sedimentary rock?

• clastic, bioclastic, metaclastic

• extrusive, intrusive, crystalline

• banding, foliated, nonfoliated

• bioclastic, crystalline, clastic

The two major types of luster are.....

• glossy and metallic

• metallic and nonmetallic

• nonmetallic and shiny

• shiny and dull

What is a better property to look at when identifying a mineral?

• streak

• color

A mineral's resistance to being scratched:

• streak

• magnetic

• hardness

• cleavage