SCIENCE TEST
CHAPTER 4
Name
_____________________
1. What is the name of the most common rock
on the surface of the Earth?
2. In your own words give a definition of the term, ROCK.
3. What are the four minerals that are usually found in granite?
4. What is weathering?
5. What are the three
types
of rocks?
6. Draw a diagram and explain what happens in the rock
cycle.
7. In your own words describe what a mineral is.
8. What is the name of the mineral that is magnetic?
9. What does the term
property
of a mineral
mean?
10-22 Match the following terms with the corresponding letter.
10. ____Luster a. A large intrusive igneous body
larger than 100 square km
11. ____Batholith b. An intrusive igneous body that
runs parallel to layers of rock.
12. ____Non-metallic c. A property of minerals that is
measured with the Mohs Scale
13. ____Dike d. A mineral that will not
conduct electricity.
14. ____cleavage e. An intrusive igneous body
that runs through layers of rock.
15. ____Sill f. A property of minerals that
indicates the "shininess" of a mineral
16. ____Hardness g. A property of a mineral that
describes how a minerals into flat planes.
17. ____Intrusive a. An igneous rock that is formed under
the surface of the Earth.
18. ____Metallic b. An igneous rock that is formed on the
surface of the Earth.
19. ____Streak c. Molten rock that has not reached the
surface of the Earth.
20. ____Lava d. Molten rock that has reached
the surface of the Earth.
21. ____Extrusive e. A test to determine the true
color of a mineral.
22. ____Magma f. a mineral that conducts electricity
23-30 Write the correct term
rock
or
mineral
after each word below.
23. Pumice___________
24. Gabbro___________
25. Magnetite__________
26. Hematite___________
27. Obsidian___________
28. Galena____________
29. Basalt_____________
30. Rhyolite___________
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