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Minerals, Rocks and Weathering Review
Minerals, Rocks and Weathering Review
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A review for 8th Grade Earth Science
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1
A mineral must be all of the following except:
Soft
Inorganic
Naturally Occurring
Definite Structure
2
Which process of the rock cycle is responsible for the following:
Heating and Pressure
Cementing and Compacting
Weathering and Erosion
Melting and Cooling
3
Which type of weathering has occurred?
Mechanical: Animal Action
Mechanical: Freezing and Thawing
Chemical: Oxidation
Mechanical: Pressure Release
4
Which process of the Rock Cycle is responsible for this?
Weathering and Erosion
Cementation and Compaction
Melting and Cooling
Heating and Pressure
5
Which type of weathering has occurred?
Chemical: Oxidation
Mechanical: Freeze and Thaw
Mechanical: Animal Action
Mechanical: Pressure Release
6
The way in which a mineral reflects light refers to its,
Hardness
Density
Streak
Luster
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The process of any type of rock turning into magma and then igneous rock called what?
Weathering and Erosion
Melting and Cooling
Heating and Pressure
Compacting and Cementing
8
This type of rock goes through a process of change due to extreme heat and pressure.
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Extrusive
Igneous
9
Whether or not a mineral can be scratched by different objects is used to determine its,
Streak
Hardness
Color
Luster
10
A single mineral type can consist of multiple chemical structures.
False
True
11
Coal is formed from decaying plant matter, is coal a mineral?
No
Yes
12
The process of a rock moving between the types of rock in a continuous cycle is called what?
The Mineral Cycle
The Change Cycle
The Rock Cycle
Metamorphosis
13
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is above ground while lava is underground
They are interchangeable
There is no difference
Magma is underground while lava is above ground
14
Can a mineral be a liquid?
Sometimes
No
Yes
15
Having a repeating pattern of atoms in it means a mineral has what type of structure?
Non-Crystalline
Crystalline
Scattered
Solid
16
For a rock to go from sediment to a sedimentary conglomerate, what has to occur?
Weathering and Erosion
Melting and Cooling
Heat and Pressure
Compacting and Cementing
17
Which process of the Rock Cycle is responsible for the following:
Melting and Cooling
Compacting and Cementing
Heating and Pressure
Weathering and Erosion
18
The color of the powder that a mineral leaves on a piece of white porcelain is the mineral's
Streak
Hardness
Luster
Color
19
This type of rock did not exit the volcano and cooled slowly over a long period of time.
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous Intrusive
Igneous Extrusive
20
Which of the following would be considered a special property of a mineral?
Color
Luster
Hardness
Magnetism
21
Which type of weathering has occurred?
Chemical: Carbonic
Chemical: Acid Rain
Chemical: Living Organism
Chemical: Oxidation
22
Which type of weathering has occurred?
Chemical: Oxidation
Chemical: Acid Rain
Chemical: Carbonic
Chemical: Living Organism
23
This type of rock is composed of smaller pieces of larger rock that have broken off.
Mineral
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
24
Which type of weathering has occurred?
Mechanical: Freeze and Thaw
Mechanical: Animal Action
Mechanical: Pressure Release
Mechanical: Plant Growth
25
For a rock to go from igneous rock to sedimentary, what has to occur?
Compacting and Cementing
Heat and Pressure
Weathering and Erosion
Melting and Cooling