Earth Chemistry, Minerals, Layers of the Earth

Which is NOT a property used for identifying minerals?

• Streak

• Hardness

• Taste

• Color

Breakage along smooth, flat planes

• fracture

• cleavage

• streak

• ore

What property is most helpful in identifying a rock?

• color

• mineral content

• hardness

• volume

Rocks are made of minerals, and they are formed in different ways. According to the diagram, how igneous rocks formed?

• Wastes deposited by plants and animals decompose and weather.

• Other rocks experience intense heat and pressure.

• Molten rock cools and turns solid.

• Sand and other particles are buried, compacted, and cemented together.

Rocks are made up of one or more

• minerals

• gases

• energy sources

• living organisms

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Most rocks are

• mixtures of minerals.

• mixtures of cells

• compounds made of minerals

• compounds made of cells

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which part of the cycle is missing?

• melting

• crystallization

• mineral integration

• sedimentation

According to the diagram, how are metamorphic rocks formed?

• Molten rock cools and turns solid.

• Other rocks experience intense heat and pressure.

• Sand and other particles are buried, compacted, and cemented together.

• Wastes deposited by plants and animals decompose and weather.

the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes a solid

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sandstone

What is made when magma cools?

• igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks