Grade 4 Science
Rocks and Minerals Quiz
Name:___________________________
Matching
By drawing a line, match the words on the left to the definitions on the right.
1. Igneous Rock
2. Lustre
A. When mining began in
Saskatchewan.
B. Used for fertilizer to
improve the quality of
crops.
3. Diamond
C. Made from hardened
volcanic rock.
4. 1850’s
D. The hardest rock or
mineral.
5. Potash
E. A property of minerals
that describes how shiny it
is.
Multiple choice
1. Which of these is NOT a mineral property?
streak
lustre
smell
hardness
2. Which type of rock is formed from cooled lava?
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
3. Which type of rock is only one that has fossils?
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
4. For minerals, what does the Mohs scale measure?
luster
density
texture
hardness
5. Which value on the Mohs hardness scale is for the softest minerals?
1
10
6. Which of these minerals has a hardness value of 10?
quartz
talc
diamond
calcite
Short Answer
1. Define Igneous Rock: Rock that is made
from____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
2. One example of Igneous rock is ______________________________
3. Water moves bits and pieces of rock which sink and settle. As they
pile up, they are pressed into rock. What type of rock is formed this
way?____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
4. Once example of Sedimentary rock is _________________________
5. Heat and pressure change sedimentary and igneous rocks into new
rocks. What is the name for this new kind of rock?_______________
Please give one example of this rock.__________________________
6. What is one of the physical properties of rocks?__________________
Define this
property:_________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Saskatchewan Rocks!!
1. What are 2 minerals that are found in Saskatchewan?
_____________________________ and ___________________________
2. So much money is made by mining in Saskatchewan but only takes
up 0.1% of all the land. This is an area smaller than:
__________________________________________________
3. Name 2 uses for
potash:_____________________________________ and
____________________________________________________
4. Approximately how much was gold worth per ounce when we
talked about it on January 20,
2011:_____________________________________________