Rocks and Minerls Pavlik

Metamorphic rocks can undergo all of the following changes EXCEPT ____.

• melting

• the formation of new, bigger minerals

• an exchange of atoms between minerals

• the flattening of mineral grains

Which of the following would cause large mineral grains in an intrusive igneous rock?

• A fast cool from magma above Earth's surface.

• A slow cool from magma under Earth's surface.

• Clasts compacting and cementing together.

• Layers or banding of minerals.

The scale used to measure hardness in minerals is the:

• Richter Scale

• Mohorovocic Discontinuity

• Mercalli Scale

• Mohs Scale

All minerals share the following characteristics EXCEPT that of ____.

• being formed from living organisms

• being solids

• being formed by natural processes

• having the atoms within the mineral arranged in a pattern

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Sedimentary rocks are ____.

• formed when loose materials become pressed or cemented together or when minerals form from solutions

• a type of foliated igneous rock

• formed because of changes in temperature and pressure, or the presence of hot watery fluids

• formed from magma

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This is the way a mineral reflects light:

• foliation

• granular

• luster

• fracture

A mineral’s resistance to scratching:

• fracture

• hardness

• cleavage

• cementation

This is the color of mineral in powdered form:

• streak

• compaction

• cleavage

• luster

The diagram below shows the results of one test for mineral identification. Which mineral property is being tested?

• fracture

• density

• streak

• luster

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What type of rock forms at the bottom of a water source such as a river and can contains smaller rocks itself?  

• Intrusive Igneous
• Extrusive Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary

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