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Rocks & Minerals - Unit Test (Answer Key)

This document contains a rocks and minerals unit test with multiple choice and matching questions about the properties and types of rocks. It tests knowledge about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, minerals, the scientific method, and physical and chemical weathering. The test covers topics such as rock formation, the Mohs hardness scale, lithification, geology, and identifying rock types based on their characteristics.

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Rocks & Minerals - Unit Test (Answer Key)

This document contains a rocks and minerals unit test with multiple choice and matching questions about the properties and types of rocks. It tests knowledge about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, minerals, the scientific method, and physical and chemical weathering. The test covers topics such as rock formation, the Mohs hardness scale, lithification, geology, and identifying rock types based on their characteristics.

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Rocks & Minerals Unit Test

Name_______________________ Date_________

Directions: Read each sentence and circle the correct answer.

1) Rocks have been on Earth for over _________ billion years.


a. Six
b. Four
c. Two

2) Rocks are constantly being ___________.


a. Destroyed
b. Eaten
c. Recycled
Image by Emmanuel Boutet on Wikimedia Commons

3) “Igneous” mean “fire” in the _________ language.


a. Greek
b. French
c. Spanish

4) A _____________ test determines how hard a mineral is.


a. Weight
b. Scratch
c. Mohs

5) Lithification is the transformation of ___________ into a rock or


stone.
a. Magma
b. Leaves
c. Sediment
Directions: Use the word bank to match each word to a
definition or statement below.

Geology Depth Weathering


Friedrich Mohs Denudation Geologist

1) Depth: the thickness of an object.

2) Weathering: the effect of water, temperature, and wind


on the landscape.

3) Geology: the study of Earth’s history and structure.

4) Friedrich Mohs: developed a scale to test mineral


hardness.

5) Geologist: a person who studies the Earth and Earth’s


materials.

6) Denudation: when a rock splits apart as a result of water


that has frozen and melted.

Image by OpenClipart- Image by JohannPoufPouf on


Vectors on Pixabay Wikimedia Commons
Directions: Read each statement. If it refers to igneous

rocks, write I. If it refers to sedimentary rocks, write S. If it
refers to metamorphic rocks, write M. If it refers to more
than one tock, write both letters.

1) Oldest type of rock. I

2) Contain cross bedding. S

3) May react to acid. S, M

4) Contain fossils. S, M

5) Formed from sediment. S


Image by justyre on Pixabay

6) Does not contain fossils. I

7) Formed from cooled magma. I

8) Formed deep in the Earth where the temperature is very


hot and there is a lot of pressure. M

9) Pumice is an example of this type. I

10) Undergoes lithification. S


Directions: Use the word bank to match each word to a

definition.

Hardness Gravity Streak


Colors Mineral Luster

1) Colors: minerals come in a variety of these.

2) Mineral: solid matter from Earth that is non-living.

3) Gravity: the weight of the mineral.

4) Streak: the color made when the mineral is rubbed against a


hard surface.

5) Hardness: how easy the mineral scratches.

6) Luster: the way the mineral reflects light.

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors on Pixabay


Directions: Label the steps of the scientific method.

Step 5 Perform tests or experiments

Step 3 Create a hypothesis

Step 1 Ask a question/ Make an


observation

Step 6 State your findings

Step 3 Create a hypothesis

Step 2 Gather information

Directions: Explain the difference between chemical and


physical weathering.
Chemical Weathering Physical Weathering

When a rock’s makeup/ When a rock’s physical


minerals are changed appearance is changed. This
chemically. This can be the can be from exposure to
result of acid rain, air, sunlight. water (i.e., ocean cliffs,
flooding) or can be the result
of denudation.

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