Name:____________________________________
Study Guide for Rocks and Minerals Test
1. Name the Common Characteristics of a Mineral:
2. ROCKS are made up of ______________________
3. How do we use minerals in our daily lives?
4. Which mineral is the softest and which mineral is the hardest? How do you determine Hardness?
5. For #5-13: Draw a very simple picture of the rock cycle in Diagram A: Include the 3 rock types and what
process makes each. Diagram B:
EC
F
Words to use in the diagram:
Heat & Pressure (H & P) (3x)
Igneous
Melting & cooling (M & C) (3x)
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Weathering (W) (3x)
8
10
6
9
11
12
5
7
13
EC
F
EC
F
14. Which statement best summarizes the rock cycle? __________________________________________
For #15-24: Fill in
the blanks from the
word bank.
Diagram B:
Words to use in the
diagram:
18
extrusive
igneous
increased P & T
intrusive
17
magma
melting
metamorphic
sediment
sedimentary
transport
weathering
19
20
Erosion
__________
21
Deposition
Volcanic
22
16
23 _____________
Plutonic
24
Crystallization
Uplift
25 ____________
Burial
15
37
26. What role does gravity play in the rock cycle?
What’s the difference between Mechanical and Chemical Weathering?
27. Mechanical Weathering:
28. Chemical Weathering:
What’s the difference between Soil and Fossil Formation.
29. Soil Formation:
30 Fossil Formation:
What are the characteristics for a rock that is metamorphic, igneous or sedimentary.
31. Metamorphic Rock:
32. Igneous Rock:
33. Sedimentary Rock:
Name: _______________________________
Match each Rock Cycle Word with a Definition
1. Crystalization:
____
A. Ice, wind, snow, rain, etc. alter the rock.
2. Intrusive:
____
B. Sediments get placed in one spot.
3. Extrusive:
____
C. Temperature (heat) and pressure rises.
4. Weathering:
____
D, Cooling rock or forming crystals.
5. Erosion:
____
E. Moving of sediments.
6. Transport:
____
F. Rock that has been cooled underground.
7. Deposition:
together
8. Compaction
& Cementation:
____
G. When sediments get closer and stick
____
H. Rock that has been cooled on the surface.
9. Increased P& T: ____
I. Breaking down of rock into smaller pieces.
Fill out your review worksheet as you
travel around the rock cycle.
When you successfully answer a review
question you may move your game
piece.
Tally where you have been in the rock
cycle and draw an arrow if you move to
a new location.
Igneous Rock
To The Surface
Cooling & Hardening
Magma
Weathering & Erosion
Melting
Sediments
Metamorphic Rock
Compaction &
Cementation
High Temp & Pressure
Sedimentary Rocks
Simplified Guided Notes:
1. Fill in the blank: Rocks are made up of Minerals
2. Be able to Circle the following Characteristics of a mineral:
-Luster
- Mineral Structure -Hardness -Color -Streak -Cleavage/Fracture -Density
3. Minerals help humans for example: A quartz is used in a time-keeping instrument
4. Talc is the softest: Hardness of 1 and Diamonds are the hardest: Hardness of 10.
(To find out if a diamond is fake Scratch it against glass)
5.-14. Be able to draw this rock cycle and what process makes each type of rock
Weathering
Melting & Cooling
14. The rock cycle can be summarized as
“Rocks can change from one form to
another”
15- 25 . Rock Cycle Diagram:
Extrusive
Intrusive
26. Essay: Gravity plays a role in the rock cycle by breaking larger rocks into small pieces call
sediments. This makes Sedimentary Rocks.
Essay:
27. Mechanical Weathering is when rocks break into small pieces
28. Chemical Weathering is when rocks change chemically into a new substance.
Essay:
29. Soil formation is when small rocks (sediments), water and humus (once living things) accumulate (or
come together) to make soil.
20. Fossil formation is when hard parts of animals get trapped in sediment along with water and minerals
to preserve the bone for a very long time.
Know that:
31. Sedimentary Rocks: means that smaller pieces have been stuck together , it was once made of a living
thing, or it has chemicals alter it on the surface
32. Metamorphic: have been squished under heat and pressure (it is sparkly, has lines or blotches)
33. Igneous rocks: have cooled quickly (glassy or gas pockets) or have cooled slowly (big crystals)\
THE HALF WORKSHEET: (If the student was absent, the back side was not necessary to complete).
Name: _______________________________
Match each Rock Cycle Word with a Definition
1. Crystalization:
_D__
A. Ice, wind, snow, rain, etc. alter the rock.
2. Intrusive:
_F_
B. Sediments get placed in one spot.
3. Extrusive:
_H__
C. Temperature (heat) and pressure rises.
4. Weathering:
_A__
D, Cooling rock or forming crystals.
5. Erosion:
_I__
E. Moving of sediments.
6. Transport:
_E__
F. Rock that has been cooled underground.
7. Deposition:
together
_B__
G. When sediments get closer and stick
8. Compaction
& Cementation:
_G__
H. Rock that has been cooled on the surface.
9. Increased P& T: _C__
I. Breaking down of rock into smaller pieces.