Social Science Exam - Unit 4

All minerals are inorganic, solid substances which occur _________________.

• Artificially

• Naturally

• Spontaneously

• Incorrectly

____________ are formed from one or more types of minerals.

• Dirt

• Clouds

• Rocks

• Oceans

There are ___________ types of rocks, depending on their formation.

• One Hundred

• Sixteen

• Ten

• Three

Which of the following is NOT a type of rock?

• Condensation

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Which of the following is NOT a property of minerals?

• Hardness

• Colour

• Flexibility

• Shape

Many objects you use daily contain rocks and minerals.

• True

• False

The form when magma or lava cools down and solidifies.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

These rocks are made of fragments of other rocks or remains of plants and animals. Some of these types of rocks can contain fossils.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

These rocks form when the other two forms near the surface of the Earth push down. The extreme heat and pressure they suffer make these rock forms deep inside the Earth.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Order the layers of the Earth from the most internal to the external layer.

• Crust, Core, Mantle

• Core, Crust, Mantle

• Mantle, Core Crust

• Core, Mantle, Crust