Unit Exam Review (pt2)

What is the relationship between a rock and a mineral?

• Rocks are made up of minerals.
• Minerals are made up of rocks.
• Rocks are on the Earth's surface. Minerals are found underground.
• Rocks and minerals are different names for the same thing.

What makes this a metamorphic rock?

• distorted banding

• an organic composition

• a mixture of minerals

• crystals from precipitation

This test is performed on a white tile to see if the mineral leaves behind any colored powder.

• Hardness Test

• Streak Test

Which mineral property is being shown here?

• luster
• hardness
• cleavage
• streak

The picture shows a piece of slate. Slate is a type of rock that forms when shale rock is exposed to heat and pressure deep under Earth's surface for thousands of years.

What type of rock is slate?

• igneous

• intrusive

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

When are igneous rocks formed?

• when layers of mud form inside Earth

• when layers of mud are compressed

• when melted rock solidifies

• when solid rock melts

Conglomerate forms from pebbles that are cemented together. Which type of rock is this?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

In order for a substance to be called a mineral, it must be inorganic.  What does this mean?

• Made up of once living organisms
• Breaks irregurlarly
• Not made up of once living organisms

This is when a mineral has uneven breakage.

• Cleavage

• Fracture

This is when a mineral has sharp angles and looks like it could be broken off in cubes or 90 degree angles.

• Cleavage

• Fracture