Earth Science: Rocks & Minerals Review

Which of the following is a characteristic of all minerals?

• Crystalline structure

• Fills the shape of its container

• Usually organic

• Random chemical composition

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Which of the following is NOT a way to identify a mineral?

• Streak

• Denisty

• Luster

• Crumble

What is fracture?

• Ability to reflect light

• A break in parallel planes

• Uneven break

Igneous rocks are formed from geysers in the Earth's crust.

• True

• False

Two types of igneous rocks are:

• Interior and exterior

• Intrusive and extrusive

• Inside and outside

• Enter and exit

Lava is found...

• After a volcano erupts

• On the inside of a volcano

• Both inside and outside a volcano

The process for sedimentary rocks DO NOT include:

• Cementation

• Cooling

• Deposition

• Erosion

Which is a type of sedimentary rock:

• Inorganic

• Intrusive

• Clastic

• Mineral

Fossils are a form of:

• Mineral

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

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Fossils require ideal conditions.

• True

• False

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