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