Rocks and soils

Which type of rock is formed when fragments of shell, rocks, dead creatures or plants settle and stick together in layers?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneus

Marble and slate are types of

• metamorphic rock

• igneus rock

• sedimentary rock

When rocks in the Earth's crust get squashed and heated, they form

• sedimentary rock

• igneus rock

• metamorphic rock

Which type of rocks form from molten (melted) rocks below the Earth's crust?

• Igneus

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

True or False: The Earth is made of a solid crust of tectonic plates with molten rock beneath

• True

• False

Granite and basalt are both types of

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneus rock

Limestone and sandstone are types of

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneus rock

Fossils can be found in

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneus rock

What is soil made of?

• tiny pieces of rock, air, water and dead plants

• tiny pieces of rock, air, water, dead plants and living creatures

• tiny pieces of rock, air, dead plants and living creatures

Tiny pieces of rock in soil is broken up by weather

• True

• False