Rocks & Minerals Review Sheet
Name ________________________________
1. Minerals
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Besides being a solid, list 3 other definitive characteristics that are required for all
minerals.
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What causes minerals to have different physical/chemical properties?
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Besides Color and Streak name 4 other physical properties of minerals.
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Identify 3 minerals with special properties
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Name the hardest and softest minerals on Moh’s Scale of Hardness
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Which mineral has a hardness of 7 and is made up of SiO2?
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Which element is most abundant in the Earth’s crust?
2. Sedimentary Rocks
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Define sedimentary rocks
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In what type of environment are sedimentary rocks formed?
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Identify 3 features of Sedimentary rocks.
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Describe the process that forms a crystalline sedimentary rock.
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List two organically formed sedimentary rocks.
3. Igneous Rocks
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Name the two processes that form an Igneous Rock.
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Identify two locations that Igneous Rocks form
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How does cooling rate affect mineral crystal size?
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Which composition describes rocks light in color and low density?
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Which composition describes rocks dark in color and high density?
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Describe 2 key identifying features of Igneous rocks
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Which Igneous Rock?
o Slow cooling, coarse texture, contains quartz __________________________
o Fast cooling, glassy texture, vesicular, contains pyroxene ____________________
o Intrusive, very coarse, light color _____________________________
o Mono-minerallic, Mafic _______________________________
o Volcanic, Fine, non-vesicular ________________________
4. Metamorphic Rocks
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How are metamorphic rocks formed?
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Name two identifying features of Metamorphic rocks
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Name two key identifying minerals in Metamorphic rocks
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Name the Metamorphic Rock from the Parent Rock it formed from:
PARENT ROCK
METAMORPHIC ROCK
o Shale
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o Quartz Sandstone
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o Bituminous Coal 
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o Limestone 
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