Rocks and Minerals Grade 4 Quiz

Rocks and Minerals Grade 4 Quiz

Practice Quiz

Multiple Choice

A mineral is a mixture of 2 or more substances.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

A rock is a mixture of 2 or more minerals.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When magma cools it forms igneous rock. Where is magma found?

• above ground

• underground

• on a mountain

• on the outside of a volcano

Multiple Choice

What are rocks made of?

• minerals

• seeds

• living things

• wood

Multiple Choice

What is the natural process that causes one kind of rock to change into another kind?

• weathering

• rock cycle

• sediment

• metamorphic rock

Multiple Choice

Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have been changed from heat and pressure.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

____________ rocks are formed when sediments are pressed and cemented together.

• Weathering

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Deposition

Multiple Choice

All types of rocks can change from one type to another at some point in the rock cycle.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which is a sedimentary rock?

• limestone

• diamond

• granite

• marble

Multiple Choice

Sedimentary rocks are rocks that are formed when many small pieces of rock are glued or pressed together.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

All rocks on Earth's surface can weather and become sediments.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Igneous rocks can form on the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Cooled lava on Earth's surface turns into

• magma

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

Multiple Choice

What starts the change from an igneous rock to a sedimentary rock?

• heat

• melting

• pressure

• weathering

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a category of rocks?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Hardness

Multiple Choice

What kind of rock is granite?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• layered

• sedimentary