Mining Minerals Rocks Soil

True or False:
Sedimentary rocks always form under water.

• true
• false

Emily was looking at a rock and saw tiny crystals.  Emily should know that all rocks are made up of _____.

• diamonds
• minerals
• fossils
• dirt

What would you use to determine the hardness of a mineral?

• color tiles
• streak test
• Mohs Scale
• weight scale

What type of rock is formed when an existing rock has been changed into a new rock?

• sedimentary
• igneous
• minerals
• metamorphic

What type of rock forms when sand, particles of rock, bits of soil, and remains of once-living things are cemented?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• minerals
• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

what is the color of a mineral's powder called?

• luster

• dust

• streak

what do we call a mineral's resistance to being scratched?

• toughness

• hardness

• cleavage

what does the prefix -morph mean?

• to melt

• to change

• to disappear

the repeating pattern of a mineral's atoms when it forms a solid is called what?

• gem

• crystal

• sediment

erosion and deposition are 2 processes in the formation of what type of rock?

• igneous

• volcanic

• sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2