Name: ______________________
Date: __________________________
Rocks and Minerals Unit Test Review Questions
1. List 3 differences between a rock and 3 things about a mineral:
Rocks
Minerals
2. Name the 5 categories that are used to describe what a rock or a mineral
looks like. Name 1 property that fits into each category (you will find these in
a chart in your copy book).
5 Categories 
1 Property 
3. Name the 3 types of rocks that we’ve study in this unit:
a.
b.
c.
4. _________________________________ rocks are always found under water. These
rocks are made when __________________ and _________________ break big rocks
into small pieces.
5. ________________________________ rocks form when you add _________________ and
___________________ to __________________ rocks or sedimentary rocks.
6. What does W.E.D. stand for? List them in the order that they happen and tell
me the trick words to remember each one.
a.
b.
c.
Name: ______________________
Date: __________________________
7. Draw a photo to explain these three steps.
8. __________________________________ is the movement of rocks.
9. Deposition is ________________________________________________________________________.
10. __________________________________ is the breakdown of rocks.
11. Name 4 things that cause weathering to happen
a.
b.
c.
d.
12. Name the 7 steps to making a science fair project.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
13. What is a hypothesis? _____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________.
14. What information do you need to include in the procedure section?
______________________________________________________________________________________.
15. Name 2 ways that humans cause erosion:
a. ______________________________________ b. _________________________________________
Name: ______________________
Date: __________________________
16. What is deforestation?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
17. Name 4 things that cause rocks to change:
a.
b.
c.
d.
18. Name and explain the two types of weathering:
18. Name the 5 types of metals that we’ve learned about in this unit:
Type of metal
2 things that are made with the metal
19. These metals are all types of ________________________.
20. ___________________ and ______________________ were two of the first types of metals
that were first discovered.
21. ________________________ is more grey than _______________________.
22. ________________________ is a metal that was discovered awhile later.
23. Pyrite is often times called ____________________ because ________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
Name: ______________________
Date: __________________________
24. Platinum can be found as grains, nuggets or _________________.
On page 12 of your science booklet you have all the information highlighted
about fossils to answer the rest of these questions.
25. Name the two types of fossils and explain each one:
Fossil Name
Explanation
26. List the 4 steps of how a fossil is formed from this worksheet.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
27. What did fossil hunters use to find fossils a long time ago? ___________________
28. How old must a fossil be before it can be called a fossil? ______________________
29. The study of fossils is also called the study of ________________________ which
began in the _________ century.
30. Fossils are found in ____________________ rocks and they are formed from the
remains of ______________________ and _________________________.