What is the Difference Between Rocks and Minerals?

What is the Mohs scale used to measure?

• The color of minerals

• The weight of minerals

• The ability of minerals to scratch each other

• The temperature of minerals

How many different types of minerals are there?

• Over 100

• Over 1000

• Over 4000

• Over 5000

What is a mineral sometimes made up of?

• Just one chemical element or a compound

• Only water

• Only air

• Only metal

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What are the three different types of rocks based on the way they form?

• Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

• Igneous, volcanic, and sedimentary

• Sedimentary, volcanic, and metamorphic

• Igneous, volcanic, and metamorphic

What forms when magma cools and solidifies?

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Mineral rock

Which of the following is an example of a sedimentary rock?

• Marble

• Sandstone

• Quartzite

• Schist

What forms metamorphic rocks over time?

• Erosion and weathering

• Extreme pressure and heat

• Cooling and solidification

• Deposition and compaction

Which metamorphic rock is formed from limestone?

• Slate

• Granulite

• Marble

• Flint

Granulite is a metamorphic rock formed from which igneous rock?

• Basalt

• Granite

• Sandstone

• Limestone

What is the study of minerals called?

• Petrology

• Mineralogy

• Geology

• Biology