Rocks and Minerals Review
3rd GradeWestside
Elementary
streak rockA. The color of a mineral when it is ground to a powder
B. a solid material made up of one or more materials
Sedimentary igneous metamorphicA. Rock that forms when melted, or
molten rock from deep below Earth’s surface cools and hardens
B. rock that forms when sand, particles of rock, bits of soil, and bits of once-living things are pressed together and harden into layers.
C. new rock that forms when existing rokcs are changed by heat or pressure or both
Cleavage hardness luster
A. A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched
B. the tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces
C. the way a mineral shines, or reflects light
sediment rock cycle
nonmetallic mineral
A. A mineral that is dull or glassyB. the continuous series of changes
that rocks undergoC. sand, particles of rock, bits of
soil, and remains of once-living things
metallic mineral mineral
A. A non living solid material that has a definite chemical makeup and is found in Earth’s outermost layer
B. a mineral that is shiny like metal
Weathering is the breaking down of rock over a long period of time by___________________.
A. WaterB. WindC. IceD. All of the above
______is a new rock that forms with existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemical beneath Earth’s surface.
A. igneousB. metamorphicC. sedimentary
_____rock forms when sand, particles of rock, bits of soil, and bits of once-living things are pressed together and harden.
A. igneousB. metamorphicC. sedimentary
______rock forms when melted, or molten rock (magma) cools and hardens.
A. igneousB. metamorphicC. sedimentary
______is a solid material made up of one or more minerals.A. mineralB. streakC. rock
A mineral is a nonliving solid material found in Earth’s ______layer.
A. outermostB. innermost
A nonmetallic mineral looks _______.
A. shinyB. dull
Cleavage is a property that describes how a mineral ______along flat surfaces.
A. splitsB. rollsC. flips
Mohs Hardness Scale organizes minerals from ___.
A. smallest to biggestB. shortest to tallestC. softest to hardest
Luster describes the _____of a mineral.
A. hardnessB. shininessC. size