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6th grade Science Unit 3 Pretest — 20 Questions
Armstrong, Kennedee
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Rocks and Minerals
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Rocks and Minerals
Students are learning about the differences in classifying rocks and minerals. They discover that minerals occur in nature and have definite chemical compositions and physical properties. Rocks are composed of one of more minerals or a body of mineral matter.
Minerals can be identified using a series of tests. The tests used to identify minerals are color, hardness, luster, crystal forms, density, and cleavage.
The students are given multiple samples and are told to perform several experiments to determine the classification of the samples.
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Question 15.
A student was given a sample and a list of characteristics describing the sample. The characteristics are described in the table.
Characteristics of Sample
Composed of several cemented pieces of minerals and organic particles
Contains a fossil
Found near Earth's surface
Which best classifies the sample?
topaz
apatite
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
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6th grade Science Unit 3 Pretest — 20 Questions
Armstrong, Kennedee
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Review Summary
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Rocks and Minerals
Read the passage and answer the following question(s).
Rocks and Minerals
Students are learning about the differences in classifying rocks and minerals. They discover that minerals occur in nature and have definite chemical compositions and physical properties. Rocks are composed of one of more minerals or a body of mineral matter.
Minerals can be identified using a series of tests. The tests used to identify minerals are color, hardness, luster, crystal forms, density, and cleavage.
The students are given multiple samples and are told to perform several experiments to determine the classification of the samples.
Resize Columns
Question 15.
A student was given a sample and a list of characteristics describing the sample. The characteristics are described in the table.
Characteristics of Sample
Composed of several cemented pieces of minerals and organic particles
Contains a fossil
Found near Earth's surface
Which best classifies the sample?
topaz
apatite
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
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GPT-5 mini
Sedimentary rock.
Reason: It’s made of cemented particles (and organic material) and commonly contains fossils and is formed near Earth’s surface.
Reason: It’s made of cemented particles (and organic material) and commonly contains fossils and is formed near Earth’s surface.