Quizizz Competition Rocks and Minerals

Quizizz Competition Rocks and Minerals

by Chrissy Lenard

Multiple Choice

Which property is LEAST liable when trying to identify a mineral?

• color

• streak

• luster

• rock

Multiple Choice

The Grand Canyon was formed over millions of years by erosion from water, wind, and ice. Which is another

example of erosion?

• A. water and acid dissolving minerals in rocks

• B. roots wedging into and splitting rocks

• C. glaciers scraping and moving large rocks

• D. frozen water expanding and cracking rocks

Multiple Choice

Which property is MOST reliable when trying to identify a mineral?

• color

• luster

• streak

• hardness

Multiple Choice

Which Florida resource is used to make plant fertilizer?

• silicon

• phosphate

• water

• limestone

Multiple Choice

What does the prefix Hydro- mean?

• hydrogen

• sun

• water

Multiple Choice

Is this an example if weathering or erosion?

• weathering

• erosion

Multiple Select

Select all Erosion keywords...

• carrying

• moving

• breaking

• sliding

Multiple Select

Select all Weathering keywords...

• cracking

• breaking

• falling

• rolling

Multiple Choice

What are renewable resources?

• resources that runs out

• resources that never runs out

• resources that are new

• not too sure

Multiple Choice

What are the three types of rocks?

• igneous, talc, diamond

• sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous

• sedimentary, ice, metamorphic

• igneous, metamorphic, sand

Multiple Choice

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• when lava is cooled

• when layers of rocks are compressed together

• when heat and pressure is applied to a rock

• not too sure

Multiple Choice

Which rock is made up of fossils and is formed from layers?

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Fossils

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock is formed when magma is cooled?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• volcanoe

Multiple Choice

Earth will eventually run out of certain kinds of energy resources. These are called nonrenewable energy

resources. Which answer lists ONLY nonrenewable energy resources?

• A. solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric

• B. natural gas, wind, and water

• C. gasoline, solar, and nuclear

• D. coal, oil, and natural gas

Multiple Choice

Florida has many naturally occurring resources. Which is an example of a nonrenewable resource found off

Florida's Gulf Coast?

• A. coal

• B. oil

• C. sunlight

• D. water

Multiple Choice

It is important to develop renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydroelectric power. What is the advantage of using these resources, instead of using fossil fuels?

• A. They make more energy than fossil fuels.

• B. They are cheaper to maintain than fossil fuels.

• . C. They cannot be depleted or used up, like fossil fuels.

• D. They do not depend on weather conditions, like fossil fuels

Multiple Select

Select ALL of the NONRENEWABLE resources

• fossil fuels

• oil

• hydroelectric

• coal

Multiple Choice

Devin‘s family is building a house. His parents want to use a renewable energy

source to provide energy for the house. Which of the following could they use?

• A. coal

• B. natural gas

• C. oil

• D. solar energy

Multiple Select

Select all of the Nonrenewable resources found in Florida....

• Phosphate

• Silicon

• limestone

• water

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between Weathering and Erosion?

• Weathering is the movement of rocks and Erosion is the breakdown of rocks

• Weathering is the breakdown of rocks and Erosion is the movement of rocks

• Weathering is the movement of rocks and Erosion is the movement of rocks

• Erosion is the breakdown of rocks and Weathering is the breakdown of Rocks

Multiple Choice

Look at the image. Is this an example of Weathering or Erosion?

• Erosion

• Weathering

Multiple Choice

Vinson wanted to identify a mineral. He rubbed the corner of the mineral across a white tile and recorded the color of the mark. What property is Vinson measuring?

• cleveage

• color

• streak

• luster

Multiple Choice

Which samples are most likely to be the same mineral

• 1 and 2 only

• 1 and 3 only

• 2 and 3 only

• 1,2, and 3

Multiple Choice

Jorge is trying to identify a mineral by observing its luster. This means that he is doing which of the

following?

• A. observing the way the mineral reflects light

• B. scratching the mineral with other objects or minerals

• C. examining the color the mineral makes when rubbed across porcelain

• D. feeling the mineral to determine if it is rough, smooth, greasy, or glassy

Multiple Choice

Tanya is trying to identify an unknown mineral. To identify the mineral, Tanya breaks it and observes the

planes and patterns formed along the break. Which property of minerals is Tanya testing?

• A. cleavage

• B. hardness

• C. luster

• D. texture