If you were hiking in the desert and found a fish fossil, what would you think?

the desert had once been filled with water and sea life

An igneous rock is formed by

melted rock that cools and hardens

A sedimentary rock is formed by

pieces of rock and other materials squeeze together

A metamorphic rock is formed by

heat and pressure creating a new rock

a solid, nonliving material found in nature

How do you perform the STREAK test on a mineral?

rub it across a tile to see the color it leaves

How does a magnifying glass help you examine a rock?

it helps magnify or make things look bigger

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Earth Science Ch. 2 Review:Rocks and Minerals

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1
Which tool would you use to examine the grains in a rock?
a nail
a magnifying glass
a shovel
your fingernail
2
How are rocks and minerals alike?
They are both formed in nature
ALL OF THE CHOICES
They are both a non-renewable resource
They both have one or more colors
3
Rocks are mostly made of...
minerals
fossils
lava
dirt
4
You notice a mineral can break easily into flat sections. Which property was observed?
luster
streak
cleavage
hardness
5
How are rocks and minerals different?
Only rocks are formed in nature
They aren't, they are the same
Rocks are made up of minerals
Minerals are made up of rocks
6
If you were hiking in the desert and found a fish fossil, what would you think?
someone was eating fish in the desert
the desert had once been filled with water and sea life
the fish was lost!
the desert had once been a forest
7
An igneous rock is formed by
melted rock that cools and hardens
pieces of rock and other materials squeeze together
heat and pressure creating a new rock
8
A sedimentary rock is formed by
melted rock that cools and hardens
pieces of rock and other materials squeeze together
heat and pressure creating a new rock
9
A metamorphic rock is formed by
heat and pressure creating a new rock
melted rock that cools and hardens
pieces of rock and other materials squeeze together
10
If you find a rock that contains a fossil, you most likely found what type of rock?
mineral
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
11
What is a mineral?
the remains of an animal that lived in the past
a rock broken into pieces
magma
a solid, nonliving material found in nature
12
How do you perform the STREAK test on a mineral?
rub it across a tile to see the color it leaves
test its hardness by scratching it with different items
break it to see if the pieces are flat sheets
shine a bright light onto it to see if it reflects light
13
How does a magnifying glass help you examine a rock?
it scratches it
it weighs it
it helps magnify or make things look bigger
14
Which property of minerals is measured by scratching the surface of it?
luster
hardness
color
magnetism
15
How are obsidian, sandstone and granite similar?
They all have the same color
They all have fossils
They are all rocks
They are all minerals

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