Types of Rocks
What type of are rocks formed from lava?
a. igneous
b. sedimentary
Igneous
How many layers does the earth have?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 2
Four
What are the three types of rocks? (just name one)
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
What is the rock cycle?
A cycle where rocks change from igneous to sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
What is the streak test?
When a mineral is scratched on a white or black tile to see what colour shows.
What is needed to make a metamorphic rock?
a. Heat and Pressure
b. soil and water
Heat and Pressure
What are the two layers of the earth?
Inner core, outer core, mantle and crust
What type of rock are fossils found in?
a. Magma
b. Sedimentary
Sedimentary
What are broken-down pieces of rock called? This is often found at the bottom of lakes and oceans.
a. Cement
b. Sediments
Sediments
What are at least two ways to identify minerals?
(properties)
a. color and streak
b. price and shine
Colour, hardness, lustre, cleavage, streak
What kind of rocks are formed from intense heat and pressure?
a. MeMetamorphic rocks
b. Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic rocks
What is an opening in the earth's crust called?
a. A volcano
b. Cave
A volcano
What is a scientist that studies rocks called?
a. paleontologist
b.Geologist
c. Denist
Geologist
Heating, cooling, melting, weathering, and erosion all happen in the _____________.
a. Water Cycle
b. Rock Cycle
Rock Cycle
What are solid substances that have a defined structure?
a. Minerals
b. carbon
Minerals
What rocks are formed when lava and magma cools and hardens?
a. Metamorphic Rock
b. Igneous rocks
Igneous rocks
What is not a layer in soil?
organic layer, top soil, sub soil, cement, parent layer, bed rock
Cement
Name a mineral that you use everyday.
Answers may vary
What is it called when rocks are slowly broken down into smaller pieces and carried away is called?
______ and ______
a. Weathering and erosion
b. Water and air
Weathering and erosion
What is the hardest mineral?
a. diamond
b. iron
What is the softest mineral?
a. gold
b. talc
Diamonds
Talc
When rocks are compressed into layers, what type of rock is made?
a. Bedrock
b. Sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary rocks
What is hot liquid rock that is beneath the surface of the earth and turns into lava?
a.Magma
b. Iron
Magma
What does a paleontologist study?
a. Food
b. Ground
c. Fossils
Fossils
All rocks are made up of one or more_______.
a. Mineral
b. Element
Mineral
Is color a good way to identify a mineral?
a. Yes
b. No
No, because some minerals can be many colours.