Rocks and Minerals

What is mass?

• the amount of matter

• magma

• the amount of matter or material

• hot melted rock

What are the 3 layers of the earth?

• core, crust, plates

• core, mantle, magma

• crust, mantle, magma

• core, mantle, crust

Where is the crust the thinnest?

• under the oceans

• in the oceans

• under the mantle

• in the core

What makes up the mantle?

• hot melted lava

• magma

• the crust

• the amount of matter

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When is magma called lava?

• when volcanoes erupt

• when it reaches the earth's surface

• when it reaches the oceans

• when it reaches the crust

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What is a mineral?

• an inorganic substance found naturally in the earth

• an organic substance found naturally in the earth

• an inorganic rock found naturally in the earth

• an organic gem found naturally in the earth

What is the name of a scientist who studies minerals?

• Lapidary

• Mineralist

• Mineralogist

• Minimalist

How does erosion often occur?

• by wind

• by water

• by wind or water

• by wind or rocks

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What is soil?

• loose dirt on the surface of the earth that is made of bits of materials

• loose material on the surface of the earth that is made with bits of igneous rock and metamorphic rock

• loose material on the surface of the earth that is made with bits of rocks and soil

• loose material on the surface of the earth that is made of bits of weathered rock and other materials

What does organic mean?

• that the substance was once part of a non-living thing

• that the substance was once part of a living thing

• that the substance was once part of a decayed animal

• that the substance was once part of a plant