Earth Science

Which two processes are responsible for sedimentary rock changing into igneous rock?

• weathering and cementing
• erosion and pressure
• heat and deposition
• melting and cooling

Quartz and feldspar are two common minerals.  When they are found mixed together in nature they form

• rocks
• magma
• soil deposits
• organic material

Pumice is formed when lava from a volcano cools.  Which type of rock is pumice?

• gaseous rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock

What are 3 ways to differentiate minerals?

• smell, color and hardness
• luster, color and sound
• luster, smell and hardness
• luster, color and hardness

If a rock has fossils of water plants and shells in the rock...we can tell....

• the rock needs to be washed off
• the rock was once at the bottom of the sea
• the rock is heavier than most rocks
• the rock is gray and brown

What type of rock is formed from layers of rock at the ocean bottom?

• lava
• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

If I scratch a mineral against a white tile, what property am I testing?

• attraction to magnets
• streak color
• hardness
• cleavage

The removal and transportation of surface material by running water is a type of

• erosion
• deposition
• pollution
• water cycle

If a deep canyon has formed over many years, what caused the canyon to form?

• condensation
• erosion
• evaporation
• pollution

Freezing and thawing of water affects a rock by

• changing it into igneous rock
• chemically changing the rock 
• gradually breaking it down ino smaller pieces
• leaving behind sedimentary particles from evaporated solutions