Rocks
and Minerals
and Minerals
What is the name for the hot, liquid rock that comes out of a volcano?
a) coal b) pumice c) lava
c) lava
What are the seven main landmasses of Earth called?
a) islands b) continents c) states
b) continents
Where do hurricanes form?
a) over tropical rain forests
b) over cold water
c) over warm water
c) over warm water
Which of the following is at the center of our solar system?
a) Earth b) the sun c) a black hole
b) the sun
Which of the following is
a type of force?
a) gravity b) mass c) velocity
a) gravity
What is the name for a scientist
who studies rocks?
a) geographer
b) geologist
c) genealogist
b) geologist
Which type of landform covers about two-thirds of Earth’s surface?
a) mountains b) rivers c) oceans
c) oceans
What happens to a hurricane when it hits land?
a) it turns into a tornado
b) it gets weaker
c) it gets stronger
b) it gets weaker
What is the name of the largest planet in our solar system?
a) Jupiter b) Earth c) Saturn
a) Jupiter
What type of simple
machine is an axe?
a) lever b) pulley c) wedge
c) wedge
What is the name of a common mineral that we can put
on food and eat?
a) salt b) pepper c) sugar
a) salt
What do we call land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
a) island b) peninsula c) isthmus
b) peninsula
In order for snow to form, how cold
does the temperature need to be?
a) 0 degrees Fahrenheit
b) 10 degrees Fahrenheit
c) 32 degrees Fahrenheit
c) 32 degrees Fahrenheit
Which of the following used to be considered a planet but is
now called a dwarf planet?
a) Mercury b) Mars c) Pluto
c) Pluto
What word is used to describe a force that resists motion?
a) friction b) gravity c) inertia
a) friction
What is the name of the process that causes
rocks to break down into smaller pieces?
a) precipitation
b) erosion
c) crystallization
b) erosion
What is the name for an extremely cold, treeless plain?
a) tundra b) prairie c) glacier
a) tundra
What do we call scientists who study
and predict the weather?
a) meteorologists
b) geologists
c) biologists
a) meteorologists
Which planet is named after the Roman god of war?
a) Mercury b) Mars c) Pluto
b) Mars
What causes a person inside of a car to continue to move forward
when the car stops suddenly?
a) friction b) gravity c) inertia
c) inertia
What type of rock is made from smaller pieces of rocks that have stuck together over time?
a) sedimentary
b) igneous
c) metamorphic
a) sedimentary
Which is the longest river in the world, measuring about 4,160 miles long?
a) Mississippi River
b) Amazon River
c) Nile River
c) Nile River
Which type of cloud is most
likely to produce rain?
a) stratus b) cirrus c) cumulonimbus
c) cumulonimbus
What is the object in our
solar system that is called Titan?
a) it is a moon
b) it is a planet
c) it is a star
a) it is a moon
(around Saturn)
How can you calculate the speed of an object?
a) object's mass ÷ distance it travels
b) distance it travels ÷ time it travels
c) time it travels ÷ distance it travels
b) distance it travels ÷ time it travels