1. Rocks and Minerals
Test Review

2. The _________ of the earth is like a dense ball.
a. Crust
b. Mantle
c. Outer Core
d. Inner Core

3. What would be the BEST way for someone to explain the rock cycle?
Heat a rock in the oven.
Draw the rock cycle.
Make a graph.
Show the classmate a rock.

4. Which is a scientist who studies rocks and minerals?
Biologist
Geologist
Meteorologist
Chemist

5. Which of these items would you NOT want to use when examining rocks and minerals?
Paper clip
Penny
Thermometer
Hand lens

6. Which of these statement is true about diamonds?
Diamonds can be scratched by talc.
Diamonds are nonmetallic minerals.
Diamonds are the hardest minerals.
Diamonds are made of calcium.

7. How do sedimentary rocks change to metamorphic rocks?
Heat and pressure
Weathering and pressure
Cementing and weathering
Cooling and hardening

8. Molten rock (magma) becomes igneous rock when molten rock…….
Weathers
Is pressed into layers
Cools and hardens
Melts

9. Which property can be used to tell if a mineral is metallic or nonmetallic?
Color
Luster
Cleavage
Hardness

10. Why should a scientist wear goggles when testing the properties of minerals?
To block out light
To protect his/her eyes
To see the minerals more clearly
To make the minerals look larger

11. A ______ is a solid material made up of one or more minerals.
Shell
Rock
Sediment
Soil

12. Jacob has a mineral he wants to identify
Jacob has a mineral he wants to identify. Which property would NOT help him?
Size
Luster
Streak
Cleavage

13. What is the difference in the temperature at which quartzite and gneiss form?
Change in rock
Temp.
Shale becomes slate
300 degrees
Sandstone becomes quartzite
370 degrees
Schist becomes gneiss
600 degrees
70 degrees
230 degrees
300 degrees
370 degrees

14. Which mineral is beige and has cleavage?
Talc
Feldspar
Calcite
Quartz
Color
Cleavage
Other
Name
Colorless
White
Yes
Bubbles when acid on it
Calcite
Colorless, beige, pink
Hardness close to glass
Feldspar
Colorless, white, rose No
Glassy, chips like glass
Quartz
Usually flaky
talc

15. An unknown mineral is colorless and has cleavage
An unknown mineral is colorless and has cleavage. What could you do to find out if it is calcite or feldspar?
Color
Cleavage
Other
Name
Colorless
White
Yes
Bubbles when acid on it
Calcite
Colorless, beige, pink
Hardness close to glass
Feldspar
Colorless, white, rose No
Glassy, chips like glass
Quartz
Usually flaky
talc
Check its luster
Place acid on it
Hit it to see if it chips like glass
Try to peel the layers

16. ________ is the color of a mineral when it is ground into a powder.
Cleavage
Hardness
Luster
Streak

17. Which of the following is NOT a rock?
Granite
Sandstone
Silver
Obsidian

18. When a mineral splits along a flat surface it has _______.
Luster
Cleavage
Facets
Hardness

19. Use the hardness scale in the textbook to answer the next two questions.

20. Which mineral can be scratched by fluorite?
Apatite
Gypsum
Quartz
Topaz

21. A steel nail has a hardness of 6. 5
A steel nail has a hardness of 6.5. Which mineral can be scratched by a steel nail?
Corundum
Diamond
Feldspar
topaz