Question 1

What is the color of a mineral's powder called?

Accepted Answer

streak

Question 2

What word do we use to describe how a mineral reflects light from its surface?

Accepted Answer

luster

Question 3

What is the word to describe containing no parts of living or once-living things?

Accepted Answer

inorganic

Question 4

What do we call rocks that are formed by the cementing of broken down rocks?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Question 5

Intrusive rocks form _____________ the surface.

Accepted Answer

below

Question 6

Extrusive rocks form _____________ the surface.

Accepted Answer

above

Question 7

Where do we find metamorphic rock?

Accepted Answer

deep underground

Question 8

What type of rock contains fossils?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Question 9

What scale is used to test a mineral's hardness? _____________ hardness scale

Accepted Answer

Mohs

Question 10

What size crystals does an Intrusive Igneous have?

Accepted Answer

large

Question 11

What can be found in ALL types of rocks?

Accepted Answer

minerals

Question 12

What type of rock forms as the result of heat and pressure ?

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Question 13

What size crystals would an extrusive igneous rock have?

Accepted Answer

small

Question 14

What type of igneous rock is Stone Mountain?

Accepted Answer

intrusive

Question 15

On the Mohs scale what number is the highest?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 16

What is the rock called that contains metals such as iron and aluminum?

Accepted Answer

ore

Question 17

What is the softest known mineral on Earth?

Accepted Answer

talc

Question 18

Rocks are classified based off of how they are _________________?

Accepted Answer

formed

Question 19

What is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid that has a crystal structure and definite chemical make up?

Accepted Answer

mineral

Question 20

What would you use a glass plate/penny for testing?

Accepted Answer

hardness

Question 21

What would you use  white plate for testing?

Accepted Answer

streak

Question 22

When something cools slower, are there large or small crystals?

Accepted Answer

large

Question 23

What type of rock would be found near a volcano?

Accepted Answer

igneous

Question 24

If rocks are found with shells they are most likely?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Question 25

When sediment settles that is known as?

Accepted Answer

deposition

Question 26

When sediment breaks up that is known as?

Accepted Answer

weathering

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