1. The building blocks of rocks are naturally occurring solid materials called A. granules B. grains C. minerals D. crystals
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1 The Rock Cycle describes how rocks form and change over time What are Rocks and Minerals 1. The building blocks of rocks are naturally occurring solid materials called A. granules B. grains C. minerals D. crystals 2. Specific patterns such as cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic and triclinic describe how minerals line up in a regular pattern creating smooth surfaces and sharp edges, making systems of... A. mineral hardness B. crystal structure C. cleavage types D. synthetic models 3. Minerals can be identified by certain clues. The clue that identifies the color of the powdered form of the mineral left behind when it is rubbed against a rough surface is called its... B. luster 4. The way a mineral reflects light describes its B. luster 5. The relative hardness of a mineral is measured with a scale. The scale is used to help identify different minerals, because each mineral will scratch all the minerals with a lower scale ranking than its own. Named after a German scientist, the scale is called... A. Newton s Force Scale B. Fahrenheit s Scale C. Mohs Hardness Scale D. Richter s Seismic Scale 6. On the scale of hardness, this mineral is the softest and can be scratched with a soft pencil point... A. talc B. gypsum C. quartz D. diamond 7. There are many mines and quarries scattered across The United States, with mining operations taking place in almost every state. There is currently only one active mine in the United States, Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas, that mines this mineral A. silver B. copper C. diamond D. molybdenum
2 Three Classes of Rocks: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic 8. Igneous rock, can be intrusive rock and extrusive rock. These rocks are all formed from... A. crystals B. sediments C. magma or lava D. earth's crust 9. Igneous rock can be classified by how it is formed. If it has formed beneath the surface, cooling slowly, it has larger grains and is called A. interior B. intrusive C. exterior D. extrusive 10. Allison and Rachel were investigating the banks of the river and discovered a large section had been eroded away. They could see layers of different soil types. These visible layers are called... A. cementation B. sedimentation C. calcification D. stratification 11. Soil that has organic, living material, gets covered over and each layer puts pressure on the organic debris compressing it into peat, lignite, bituminous and anthracite. The hardest type of coal A. peat B. anthracite C. lignite D. bituminous 12. Metamorphic rock is rock that has changed form. It is usually formed... A. below the earth's surface B. on the earth's surface C. when rock is heated D. when rock is cooled 13. Shale changes to slate and then changes to schist. To change these rocks into other types requires A. time and technology B. time and sediments C. heat and pressure D. heat and temperature 14. Geologists identify mineral ores locations, which are hidden below the surface of the Earth, using different tools and technologies. Using sensitive instruments, such as a magnetometer, geologists are using this technique... A. remote sensing B. geophysical prospecting C. geochemical prospecting D. exploration
3 15. The formation of different types of rocks is described in the Rock Cycle. An important feature of this cycle is that it... A. always forms rocks the same way B. cannot be reversed C. does not have a set order D. doesn't have any shortcuts or detours 16. The rocks and minerals that cover the first 50 meters or so of the Earth s surface include sand, gravel, stones, and boulders. This material is called A. under burden B. overburden C. shield cover D. common rock cover 17. A zone stretching along the Great lakes and into New England, reveals rocks that are from the oldest rock layer (hundreds of millions of years) that make up North America. These types of rocks change beneath the surface and then are exposed when uplifting occurs. The type of rock is 18. You will likely find dramatic examples of these types of rocks in The Grand Canyon. The erosion and exposure of this type of rock took many years to complete. Rock Cycle Song (Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") SEDIMENTARY rock Has been formed in layers Often found near water sources With fossils from decayers Then there's IGNEOUS rock Here since Earth was born Molten Lava, cooled and hardened That's how it is formed These two types of rocks Can also be transformed With pressure, heat and chemicals METAMORPHIC they'll become.
4 ANSWER KEY The Rock Cycle describes how rocks form and change over time What are Rocks and Minerals 1. The building blocks of rocks are naturally occurring solid materials called A. granules B. grains C. minerals D. crystals 2. Specific patterns such as cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic and triclinic describe how minerals line up in a regular pattern creating smooth surfaces and sharp edges, making systems of... A. mineral hardness B. crystal structure C. cleavage types D. synthetic models 3. Minerals can be identified by certain clues. The clue that identifies the color of the powdered form of the mineral left behind when it is rubbed against a rough surface is called its... B. lustre 4. The way a mineral reflects light describes its B. lustre 5. The relative hardness of a mineral is measured with a scale. The scale is used to help identify different minerals, because each mineral will scratch all the minerals with a lower scale ranking than its own. Named after a German scientist, the scale is called... A. Newton s Force Scale B. Fahrenheit s Scale C. Mohs Hardness Scale D. Richter s Seismic Scale 6. On the scale of hardness, this mineral is the softest and can be scratched with a soft pencil point... A. talc B. gypsum C. quartz D. diamond 7. There are many mines and quarries scattered across The United States, with mining operations taking place in almost every state. There is currently only one active mine in the United States, Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas, that mines this mineral A. silver B. copper C. diamond D. molybdenum
5 Three Classes of Rocks: Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic 8. Igneous rock, can be intrusive rock and extrusive rock. These rocks are all formed from... A. crystals B. sediments C. magma or lava D. earth's crust 9. Igneous rock can be classified by how it is formed. If it has formed beneath the surface, cooling slowly, it has larger grains and is called A. interior B. intrusive C. exterior D. extrusive 10. Allison and Rachel were investigating the banks of the river and discovered a large section had been eroded away. They could see layers of different soil types. These visible layers are called... A. cementation B. sedimentation C. calcification D. stratification 11. Soil that has organic, living material, gets covered over and each layer puts pressure on the organic debris compressing it into peat, lignite, bituminous and anthracite. The hardest type of coal A. peat B. anthracite C. lignite D. bituminous 12. Metamorphic rock is rock that has changed form. It is usually formed... A. below the earth's surface B. on the earth's surface C. when rock is heated D. when rock is cooled 13. Shale changes to slate and then changes to schist. To change these rocks into other types requires A. time and technology B. time and sediments C. heat and pressure D. heat and temperature 14. Geologists identify mineral ores locations, which are hidden below the surface of the Earth, using different tools and technologies. Using sensitive instruments, such as a magnetometer, geologists are using this technique... A. remote sensing B. geophysical prospecting C. geochemical prospecting D. exploration
6 15. The formation of different types of rocks is described in the Rock Cycle. An important feature of this cycle is that it... A. always forms rocks the same way B. cannot be reversed C. does not have a set order D. doesn't have any shortcuts or detours 16. The rocks and minerals that cover the first 50 meters or so of the Earth s surface include sand, gravel, stones, and boulders. This material is called A. under burden B. overburden C. shield cover D. common rock cover 17. A zone stretching along the Great lakes and into New England, reveals rocks that are from the oldest rock layer (hundreds of millions of years) that make up North America. These types of rocks change beneath the surface and then are exposed when uplifting occurs. The type of rock is 18. You will likely find dramatic examples of these types of rocks in The Grand Canyon. The erosion and exposure of this type of rock took many years to complete. Rock Cycle Song (Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") SEDIMENTARY rock Has been formed in layers Then there's IGNEOUS rock Here since Earth was born These two types of rocks Can also be transformed
7 Often found near water sources With fossils from decayers Molten Lava, cooled and hardened That's how it is formed With pressure, heat and chemicals METAMORPHIC they'll become.
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