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Name: __________________________
1) Use a word from the following list to finish each sentence below. There may
be words in the list that will NOT be used.
Hardness
Soapstone
Granite
Lustre
Magnetite
Crystal
Texture
Calcium Carbonate
Salt
Streak
Colour
Diamond
2) What are TWO tests you can do just by looking at the rock?
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3) Look at the picture and description of each rock below. In the empty square
next to each rock, label if the rock is igneous, sedimentary or
metamorphic.
Melted rock cools back
down
4) Circle the 7 words that CAN be used to describe the lustre of a rock:
Metallic
Dull
Silky
Earthy
Shiny
Silvery
Greasy/ Oily
Reflective
Glassy
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6) a) Miss Binks wants to perform the hardness test but forgets which order
she should use. Can you put these tests in order?
Glass
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Nail
Fingernail
Emery File
Coin
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7) Water can change rocks in many ways. In the box below, draw a picture of
ONE way that water might change rocks.
a.
b.
c.
d.
12)If I put a rock that contains calcium carbonate into acid or vinegar, what
would it do? Draw a picture or explain in words in the box below.
15)Rocks and minerals are found everywhere. In the box below, draw or
describe one way that rocks were used in the past.
16) Mrs. Ball is at it again! She lost another mineral! She asked Ms. Binks a few
Lustre
Streak
Quartz
glassy
colourless,
Calcite
glassy
colourless
white
Hardness
hard
soft
Vinegar
does not fizz
fizzes a lot
She decided that the missing mineral was halite
Galena
shiny metallic
dark grey
Halite
glassy
white
very soft
does not fizz
very soft
does not fizz