The Earth's Surface - Rocks & Minerals

The effects of ice, wind and rain on rocks is called _____________________.
Properties of minerals include:
(Check all that apply.)
1. color
2. weight
3. hardness
4. man-made
5. luster
________________ carries away pieces of weathered rock to other places.
Check all the features that apply to minerals:
1. They are made in a laboratory.
2. Minerals are solid.
3. Paritcles in minerals are arranged in a repeating pattern.
4. All minerals are made from materials that were never alive.
The property of minerals that describes the way the surface of a mineral reflects light is called its ______________.
The hardest mineral in the following list is:
1. talc
2. diamond
3. apatite
4. topaz
A material made up of one or more minerals is called a _______________.
Rocks that form when melted rock from volcanoes hardens are called:
1. sedimentary
2. metamorphic
3. igneous
4. conglomerate
The length of the cooling time in an igneous rock will determine __________________.
1. the size of the crystals
2. the color of the rock
3. the hardness of the rock
4. the luster of the rock
You would expect to find a sedimentary rock __________________.
1. near a volcano
2. in a pool of still water
3. in a forest
4. at the bottom of a stream
Of the following readings from the Mohs' hardness scale, which is the hardest mineral?
1. Sandstone 3
2. Talc 1
3. DIamond 10
4. Topaz 8
A large crack in a weathered rock was probably caused by _________________.
1. constant wind
2. rushing water
3. water freezing and melting
4. campers
Conglomerate rock is a type of ______________.
1. igneous rock
2. sedimentary rock
3. melted rock
The ______________ is the repeating of changes from one kind of rock to another over time.
A rock that has been changed by pressure and heat is called a ____________ rock.
1. sedimentary
2. metamorphic
3. igneous
4. metallic
Particles in minerals form regular patterns called ________________.
The color of the powder left behind when you rub a mineral on a white porcelain plate is called the mineral's
Check the processes that can occur in a rock cycle:
1. weathering
2. adaption
3. compaction
4. melting
5. erosion
What starts the change from an igneous rock to a sedimentary rock?
1. heat
2. weathering
3. pressure
4. melting
Fossils are usually found in which type of rock? ______________