- 1. Using size is a good way to figure out what kind of mineral something is.
A) False
B) True
- 2. Shape, size, color, and texture are all rock _______.
A) ingredients
B) dynamics
C) properties
D) types
- 3. The study of the Earth is __________.
A) Anthropology
B) Sciology
C) Geopolotics
D) Geology
- 4. Minerals are made up of only one __________.
A) Earth material
B) dirt
C) color
D) property
- 5. We know that a rock fizzes in cold acid if it contains __________.
A) gypsum
B) calcite
C) quartz
D) granite
- 6. The hardest mineral on the Earth is __________.
A) calcite
B) diamond
C) mica
D) feldspar
- 7. The _________ scale measures hardness.
A) Mohs
B) volume
C) Geo
D) Anderson
- 8. _______ patterns left from minerals after evaporation can help us identify minerals.
A) Filling
B) Crystal
C) Geo
D) Streak
- 9. A ________ object will always scratch a softer object.
A) harder
B) flakey
C) sharp
D) softer
- 10. The measurement around a rock is called the _____________.
A) width
B) diameter
C) depth
D) circumference
- 11. A student wrote in her journal, "A rock is like a chocolate chip cookie." What do you think she meant when she wrote that sentence?
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