Rock Cycle 
FIRST GRADE
Test
to review 8 week unit

1. Circle the state of matter of a brick.

solid liquid gas plasma

2. Circle the state of matter of soda.

solid liquid gas plasma

3. Circle the state of matter of air.

solid liquid gas plasma

4. Circle all words that minerals can be.

pretty crystals gems liquids

5. Which type of rock does the following picture remind you of. You can use the word igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

a. ________________________


b. ______________________

6. The following footprints were imprinted on a surface which has since been turned to hardened rock. What can you tell about the animal? (How many toes? Did it have two legs or four?)

7. Look at the periodic table and find the following. List the symbols that you find.

A. SODIUM __________________________
B. HYDROGEN _______________________
C. OXYGEN _________________________
D. ARSENIC _________________________
E. BORON __________________________ 
F. SILICON __________________________ 

8. Why is this statement false?

ROCKS MAKE UP MINERALS.

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9. Circle which of the following are minerals.

quartz mica sandstone metamorphic

10. Quartz is a mineral made up of Si + O. Use the periodic table placemat and write down what elements Si and O represent.

Si represents __________________________________________________________
O represents _________________________________________________________

11. Dolomite is a mineral made up of Ca + Mg + C + O. Use the periodic table placemat and write down what elements they represent.

Ca represents ________________________________________________________
Mg represents _______________________________________________________
C represents ________________________________________________________
O represents ________________________________________________________

ANSWERS: (1) solid; (2) liquid; (3) gas; (4) pretty, crystals, gems; (5) a. sedimentary b. igneous; (6) 3 toes has 2 legs (notice only 2 different prints); (7) Na, H, O, As, B, Si; (8) Minerals make up rocks. (9) quartz, mica; (10) Silicon and Oxygen; (11) Calcium, Magnesium, Carbon, and Oxygen.

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