Product Description
This listing features two comprehensive three-page tests about rocks and minerals for middle school science. The tests parallel each other. The purchaser may opt to offer his/her students version B for retakes. Both tests feature eight sections, bulleted below.
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Sub-classification matching Identify whether chemical, unfoliated, foliated, organic, intrusive, extrusive, and clastic rocks are sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic
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Sub-classification definition matching – match chemical, extrusive, intrusive, organic, clastic, foliated, and unfoliated rocks with their respective profile
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Classification of rocks by morphology and formation – identify whether the rock morphology descriptions and the provided details of rock formation are igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary in nature.
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Classification of rocks by name - Identify whether the pairs of rocks listed are examples of igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock
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Mineral or not a mineral? Identify whether the listed substance is a mineral or not.
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Multiple-choice (5 questions)
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Miscellaneous short answer questions (4-5 questions; samples below)
-Identify four requirements a substance has to have in order to be a mineral.
-Compare and contrast cleavage and fracture in relation to minerals.
-Explain why color alone is not always an accurate way to identify many minerals.
-A mineral is an example of a rock. Agree or disagree and defend your answer.
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Construct a rock cycle flow chart from a word/phrase bank (14 steps/phases total)
This PDF document will become editable upon conversion to Microsoft Word using an Adobe Acrobat Reader DC app. This test set includes two keys with the answers in red font.
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Here are the following resources I offer about rocks and minerals in my store:
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Getting Personal with the Classification of Rocks Activity
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Minerals Crossword Puzzle
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Lesson Category Assessment
Grades 7-9
Answer Key Yes
Pages 6
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