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EarthSci ACTIVITY

The document provides a multiple choice assessment with questions about rock and mineral identification. It includes activities for students to identify minerals in household items, describe rocks found outside, and distinguish between different types of rocks and minerals. It aims to test students' understanding of key concepts in geology.

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EarthSci ACTIVITY

The document provides a multiple choice assessment with questions about rock and mineral identification. It includes activities for students to identify minerals in household items, describe rocks found outside, and distinguish between different types of rocks and minerals. It aims to test students' understanding of key concepts in geology.

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Activity No.

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Multiple Choices: Identify what is asked or described by the following items. Write the letter of
the correct answer on the space provided for each number. Use capital letters only.
____ 1. Which of the following refers to any solid mass of mineral-like matter that occurs naturally
as part of our planet?
A. Mineral B. Rock C. Stone D. Tiles

____ 2. Which of the following refers to the size, shape and/or the arrangement of a rock’s mineral
grains?
A. Components B. Composition C. Description D. Texture

____ 3. Which metal or mineral is used as a building stone, road basis and covering, construction
fill, concrete, railroad ballast, and snow and ice control?
A. Cement B. Granite C. Limestone D. Sandstone

____ 4. Which mineral is used in batteries, construction, ammunition, television tubes, nuclear
shielding, ceramics, weights and tubes or containers?
A. Cadmium B. Chromium C. Lead D. Lithium

____ 5. What type of rock is formed by pre-existing rocks that are exposed to extreme heat and
pressure in the Earth’s interior?
A. Igneous rocks C. Sedimentary rocks
B. Metamorphic rocks D. B and C only

____ 6. Which metal or mineral is primarily used to manufacture stainless steel?


A. Copper B. Iron C. Nickel D. Zinc

____ 7. Which of the following best describes rock cycle?


A. Rock cycle explains how the three basic rock types are related.
B. Rock cycle depicts how the three major rock types convert from one to another
C. Rock cycle shows the natural, never-ending cycle of the changes in the physical and
chemical properties of rocks
D. All of the above

____ 8. Which of the following minerals is used in the animal and human diet, primarily as food
seasoning?
A. Fluoride B. Gypsum C. Halite D. Potash

____ 9. Which of the following metal or mineral is used principally for flame retardants as well as
in ammunition and automotive batteries and as a decolorizing agent in glass making?
A. Antimony B. Asbestos C. Bismuth D. Boron

____ 10. Which of the following types of rock are formed by the cooling of magma or lava?
A. Igneous rocks C. Sedimentary rocks
B. Metamorphic rocks D. A and B only

____ 11. What must happen to a pre-existing rock in order for it to become a metamorphic rock?
A. Melts then cools C. Undergoes metamorphism
B. Cools and crystalizes D. Undergoes weathering and erosion

____ 12. Which of the following provides the best evidence that rocks have been uplifted?
A. Presence of mountains
B. Crystals in the igneous rocks
C. Rounded grains in a sedimentary rock
D. Fossils of sea creatures found in rocks on a mountain top

____ 13. Which of the following metal or mineral is used in paint manufacture as pigments, and in
plastic manufacture as well as many high strength, low weight metal alloys?

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A. Aluminum B. Beryllium C. Calcium D. Titanium

____ 14. Which of the following force/s drives the rock cycle?
A. Earth’s internal heat C. Both A and B
B. Hydrological cycle D. Neither A nor B

____ 15. Which of the following metals or minerals is used for monuments, headstones,
countertops, statues and facing of buildings when polished?
A. Chromium B. Granite C. Limestone D. Mica

Activity 2. Rock Profiling: Go out of your house and pick three different rocks then describe
each in terms of its color, texture and luster. Write your description on the table below. You may
also add more descriptions if you wish to.

ROCK COLOR TEXTURE LUSTER OTHERS


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Note: Submit the rock or a picture of the rock to your teacher.

Activity 3. Minerals in My House

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Direction: On the first column are mineral card and on the second column are household items
that uses the minerals. Identify which household item think contains that minerals found in the
first column. Take note that several minerals may be associated in a single household item. Draw
a line connecting the mineral to the household item.

Activity 4. Odd-One-Out: Encircle the word or group of words that does not belong to the group.
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1. Plutonic 3. Clastic 5. Basalt
Coarse-grained Chemical Shale
Cooled slowly Crystalline Siltstone
Formed on the surface Bioclastic Granitic rock

2. Phaneritic 4. Sandstone 6. Soapstone


Aphanetic Rocksalt Quartzite
Granitic Iron Ore Hornfel
Porphyritic Limestone Marble

Assessment 1. Comic Strip: Make a comic strip featuring the characters of igneous,
sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Allow them to describe and identify themselves. A separate
sheet of bond paper should be used for this activity.

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