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Rocks and Minerals Quiz

Rocks and Minerals Quiz

Question 1 of 11

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What is Igneous rock?

Select one of the following:

  • Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials. Igneous rocks can form beneath the Earth's surface, or at its surface, as lava.

  • Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water ice,and wind.

  • Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat, pressure, or some other agent without passing through a liquid phase.

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

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What is Sedimentary rock?

Select one of the following:

  • Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials. Igneous rocks can form beneath the Earth's surface, or at its surface, as lava.

  • Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water ice,and wind.

  • Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat, pressure, or some other agent without passing through a liquid phase.

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

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What is Metamorphic rock?

Select one of the following:

  • Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials. Igneous rocks can form beneath the Earth's surface, or at its surface, as lava.

  • Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water ice,and wind.

  • Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat, pressure, or some other agent without passing through a liquid phase.

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

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Where are fossils found in?

Select one of the following:

  • Metamorphic rock

  • Sedimentary rock

  • Igneous rock

Explanation

Question 5 of 11

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What are minerals?

Select one of the following:

  • A powdery type of rock that is found on the earth's crust.

  • Solid chemical substances formed in the earths crust that make up rocks.

  • Properties of a rock.

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

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What is a geologist?

Select one of the following:

  • A scientist who studies the Earth.

  • A scientist who studies life.

  • A scientist who studies the atmosphere.

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

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Select all of the answers that are minerals

Select one or more of the following:

  • Diamonds

  • Rubies

  • Wood

  • Lava

  • Gold

  • Fools Gold

Explanation

Question 8 of 11

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Physical properties are used for ___________.

Select one of the following:

  • Finding out how strong rocks are.

  • Finding out how rocks form.

  • Observing characteristics of rocks.

Explanation

Question 9 of 11

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Look at an obsidian rock. What are some of its physical properties? Choose all the answers that apply.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Shiny

  • Black

  • Smooth

  • Pretty

  • Rounded arc shapes

Explanation

Question 10 of 11

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Look at a conglomerate rock. What are some of its physical properties? Select all that apply.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Contains pieces of small rock

  • Light colored rock

  • Dark colored rock

  • Ugly

  • Doesn't shine

Explanation

Question 11 of 11

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Look at jasper rock. What are its physical properties? Select all that apply.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Brownish, red color

  • Whitish, silver color

  • Lots of layers

  • Dull (not shiny)

  • Valuble

Explanation

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