Science Quiz

WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS IS FORMED FROM SOLIDIFICATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF MOLTEN ROCKS

• IGNEOUS ROCKS

• METAMORPHIC ROCKS

• SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

WHAT LATIN WORD WAS THE TERM "IGNEOUS " DERIVED FROM?

• IGNUS

• LITHOS

• META

• SEDERE

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS/ARE THE PROCESS/ES TO IGNEOUS ROCKS?

• SEDIMENTARY

• RECRYSTALLIZATION

• SOLIDIFICATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION

• SOLIDIFICATION AND RECRYSTALLIZATION

WHICH TYPE OF IGNEOUS ROCKS BASED ON COMPOSITION HAS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF SILICA CONTENT?

• FELSIC

• INTERMEDIATE

• MAFIC

• ULTRAMAFIC

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MOLTEN ROCKS WHEN THEY REACH THE EARTH'S SURFACE?

• THEY FLOW CONTINUOUSLY

• THEY COOL DOWN AND SOLIDIFY

• THEIR TEMPERATURE REMAINS THE SAME

• THEY REMAIN SEMI-LIQUID MOLTEN ROCKS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK?

• BASALT

• GRANITE

• OBSIDIAN

• RHYOLITE

WHICH TYPE OF IGNEOUS ROCK FORMS FROM LAVA ON EARTH'S SURFACE?

• CLASTIC

• EXTRUSIVE

• INTRUSIVE

• NON-CLASTIC

WHICH TYPE OF IGNEOUS ROCK FORMS WHEN MAGMA HARDENS BENEATH EARTH'S SURFACE?

• CLASTIC

• EXTRUSIVE

• INTRUSIVE

• NON-CLASTIC

WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE CRYSTALS IF THE ROCK COOLS SLOWLY AND FORMS BELOW THE EARTH'S SURFACE?

• LARGE

• NO CRYSTAL

• SMALL

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK?

• DIORITE

• GABBRO

• granite

• obsidian