Tanksley - Rocks and Mineral Test 22/23

First Name

Last Name

1.) What are the 3 types of rocks?

• Minerals, Igneous, and Sedimentary
• Minerals, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
• Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
• Minerals, Igneous, and Metamorphic

2.) Which of the following minerals is the hardest?

• Talc
• Diamond
• Fluorite
• Quartz

3.) Rocks and Minerals are both ______ solid forms of matter that occur naturally on Earth.

• nonliving
• living

4.) This rock is formed from molten lava.

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

5.) This rock is formed by layers of sediments being pushed together.

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

6.) Heat and pressure are added to a rock to change it, forming what kind of new rock?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

7.) Which vocab words means the texture when you touch it?

• Luster
• Magnetism
• Feel
• Shape

8.) Which vocab word means the way a surface reflects light : is it shiny or dull?

• luster
• hardness
• magnetism
• shape