Name:
1.
What are the three major classifications of rocks?
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Fossils
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
Granite, Metamorphic, Slate
2.
What do you call hot, liquid rock that is still inside the earth?
Lava
Gaseous
Magma
3.
Name the mineral that is used to make the "lead" in pencils.
Graphite
Lead
Slate
4.
What do you call a line drawn with a rock on a special porcelain plate?
A Streak
A Scratch
A Rut
5.
What is hot, liquid rock after it has come out of a volcano?
Magma
Lava
Gaseous
6.
What kinds of rocks have been changed by heat and pressure inside the earth?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
7.
Name a type of rock that is burned as a fuel.
Granite
Coal
Quartz
8.
Separating rocks and minerals into different groups according to colour, texture and luster is called.
Categorizing
Challenging
Classifying
9.
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Quartz
Granite
Diamond
10.
What kind of rock is formed when magma or lava cools and hardens?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
11.
What do you call the way a rock or mineral reflects light
Texture
Luster
Colour
12.
What do you call plants and animals that are preserved in rocks?
Conglomerate
Ancient
Fossils
13.
Which of these is a rock that can split into very thin, flexible layers?
Graphite
Biotite
Marble
14.
What kind of rock is formed in layers, usually at the bottom of an ocean or lake?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
15.
Name a type of igneous rock that floats.
Pumice
Obsidian
Limestone
16.
Solid substances that are found in the earth's crust are called:
Earth particles
Fossils
Minerals
17.
What force uses wind and water to wear down rocks?
Tornados
Erosion
Storms
18.
What do you call the way a rock or mineral feels?
Texture
Luster
Feeling
19.
Rocks are made up of one or more:
Minerals
Compounds
Fossils
20.
The changing of rocks from one kind to another over millions of years is called:
erosion
the rock cycle
fossilization
TRUE OR FALSE
1.
All rocks leave a streak on a streak plate.
True
False
2.
Classifying things into groups can help us to identify them.
True
False
3.
Hydrochloric acid will dissolve all kinds of rocks.
True
False
4.
Crystals are always the same size and shape.
True
False
5.
Rocks and minerals are valuable natural resources.
True
False
6.
Much of the surface of the earth was formed by volcanic activity.
True
False
7.
Quartz is a very soft mineral.
True
False
8.
Crystals that cool very slowly form large crystals.
True
False
9.
Some minerals have metal in them.
True
False
10.
The way a rock or mineral reflects light is called its texture.
True
False
