Earths Rocks

Beginning of Lesson 16

Multiple Choice

A nonliving substance occurring naturally in the Earth

• Minerals

• Luster

• Lava

Multiple Choice

The process by which rocks of one kind change into rocks of another kind

• Minerals

• Magma

• The Rock Cycle

Open Ended

What does the Earth recycle? (Hint: Use the picture or the top of page 60)

Multiple Choice

What is in the upper layer of the Earth's crust?

• Lava

• Water

• Soil

Multiple Select

What is one way that rocks are classified? (Hint: There is only 1 incorrect answer below, be care careful and choose one right answer!)

• Size

• Density

• Shape

• Formation

Video: Rocks

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the rock type that forms from lava when it cools after erupting from a volcano?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Multiple Choice

What does Earth do through the rock cycle?

• It creates the hydrosphere

• It destroys all rocks forever

• It creates, changes, and recycles rocks

Multiple Choice

How are rocks classified?

• Only by how they were formed

• Only by their color

• By their size, shape, and formation

End of Lesson 16

Beginning of Lesson 17: Rocks Are Made of Minerals

Multiple Choice

The way that light affects the surface of a rock or mineral

• Luster

• Magma

• Lava

Multiple Choice

The liquid rock stored in Earth’s crust

• Lava

• Magma

• Mineral

Multiple Choice

Earth’s hard outer layer (Vocab Review from pages 22)

• Earth's Core

• Convection Currents

• Mantle

• Earth's Crust

Open Ended

What is one way that minerals create rocks?

Multiple Choice

How many minerals can be found in this rock?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

What conditions caused the clay minerals to change to mica Minerals? Look at the bottom of page 62

• Heat

• Pressure

• Heat & Pressure

Multiple Choice

Luster is one way that rocks are classified. What does luster mean?

• The liquid

  rock stored in

  Earth’s crust

• The way that

  light affects

  the surface of a

  rock or mineral

• A nonliving

  substance

  occurring

  naturally in

  the Earth

Multiple Choice

How do minerals create rocks?

• They are cemented, compressed, heated,

  or cooled and melted together

• They create rocks in the atmosphere

• They break apart

Multiple Choice

What can rocks be made of?

• Sand, shells, magma, and other rocks

• Only magma

• Only shells

Beginning of Lesson 18: Ignesous Rocks Are Formed From Magma

Multiple Choice

The magma that comes out of a volcano when it erupts

• Magma

• Lava

• Luster

Multiple Choice

A solid with a highly ordered structure

• Crystal

• Mineral

• Sediment

Multiple Choice

The liquid rock stored in Earth’s crust

• Lava

• Rock Cycle

• Magma

Multiple Choice

An opening in Earth’s crust where the hotter materials from underneath can erupt (Vocab Review Pg. 23)

• Ecosystem

• Volcano

• Organism

Multiple Choice

Earth’s hard outer layer

• Earth's Core

• Earth's Crust

• Gas

Multiple Choice

What kind of rock is formed from magma

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Multiple Choice

When does magma become lava?

• When it stays inside the volcano

• When it reaches Earth's surface

Multiple Choice

What makes the difference in how crystals look?

• Based on where they break down

• Based on where they are formed

• Based on temperatures

Watch video on Igneous rocks

Multiple Choice

Which of these are NOT igneous rock (Hint: Only one of these is not an igneous rock type)

• Obsidian

• Pumice

• Sandstone

Multiple Choice

What happens for magma to create igneous rocks?

• It turns into a gas

• It is carried by a river

• It cools and hardens

Multiple Choice

What happens when igneous rocks are formed under Earth’s surface?

• They cool very fast

• They cool very slowly

• They heat up very fast

End of Lesson 18

Multiple Choice

A bit of rock that is carried and then settles into the bottom of water

• Gravel
• Mineral
• Clay
• Sediment

Multiple Choice

When layers in rock are formed by pressure from only one direction

• Crystals

• Foliated

• Fossils

• Sediments

Multiple Choice

Vocab Review: Earth’s hard outer layer (Hint: Page 22)

• Earth's Crust

• Mantle

• Earth's Core

Multiple Choice

Vocab Review: The breaking down of rocks, often caused by water or Earth’s atmosphere (Hint: Page 40)

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

Open Ended

What kind of rocks are formed from heat and pressure? (Hint: Top of page 66)

Multiple Choice

What do metamorphic rocks become when they completely melt?

• Lava

• Magma

• Dust

Open Ended

What is different about these rocks?

Multiple Choice

What does foliated mean?

• Made up of different minerals and have stripes

• Made up of few minerals and don't have stripes

• Made up of many minerals without stripes

• Made up of few minerals with stripes

Watch Video on Metamorphic Rocks

Multiple Select

Select as many types of Metamorphic rock as you can see

• Gneiss

• Marble

• Limestone

• Soapstone

Multiple Choice

Where are metamorphic rocks usually formed?

• Deep inside Earth’s crust

• In the atmopshere

• On the moon

Multiple Choice

What happens when metamorphic rocks melt completely?

• They dissapear

• They become magma

• They become a gas

End of lesson 19

Multiple Choice

When one kind of organism dies and no longer exists on Earth

• Fossil

• Extinction

• Luster

Multiple Choice

The remains of plants or animals from long ago, like bones or marks on a rock

• Lava

• Foliated

• Fossil

Multiple Choice

Vocab Review (Pg. 40) The breaking down of rocks, often caused by water or Earth’s atmosphere

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Multiple Choice

Vocab Review (Pg. 40) The gradual transporting of dirt and rocks by wind or water

• Erosion

• Sediment

• Deposition

Multiple Choice

A bit of rock that is carried and then settles into the bottom of water

• Sediment

• Weathering

• Extinction

Open Ended

What kind of rocks are formed from natural process near Earth's surface? (Hint: Use the top of page 68)

Multiple Choice

What are sedimentary rocks created from?

• sediment, like sand or clay are cemented together

• From natural disaster's

• From the cooling of magma

Open Ended

If the rocks on Earth's surface are the youngest, what about rocks further from Earth's surface?

Multiple Choice

How do scientists know how long ago a rock was formed?

• No one knows for sure

• What it's made up of

• Location of Earth's surface

View Video On Sedimentary ROcks

Multiple Choice

Where are sedimentary rocks formed?

• In Earth’s interior

• On or just under Earth’s surface

• In the atmosphere

Multiple Choice

What can cause large rocks to break down?

• Only the wind

• Only small rocks can break down

• Wind, rain, ice, and water flows