Rocks Quiz

Dirt that has dried together in a ball.

Hard pieces fo minerals that occur naturally in the world.

Hard pieces of glass that has turned gray.

Tiny parts of a cliff that has broken and fallen down to the ground.

A person who operates on people in the hospital.

A scientist who studies the moon and the stars.

A scientist that studies rocks, the earth, and how the planet changes over time.

A person who creates fancy meals for people to eat.

Igneous rocks are made when magma from volcanos cools and hardens.

Igneous rocks are made in a factory and spread by large trucks.

Igneous rocks fall of cliffs and roll down hills until they are round.

Igneous rocks are made by Santa's elves at the North Pole.

Sedimentary rocks are formed by pieces of hard garbage piling up until they become rock.

Sedimentary rocks are formed by pieces of sediment being deposited over an area over time.

Sedimentary rocks are formed by rocks that break apart when they get hot or cold.

Sedimentary rocks are formed during bad storms when the wind blows the waves and hail hits the ground.

Metamorphic rocks are formed deep in the earth's surface.

Metamorphic rocks are formed in space and are part of asteroid belts.

Metamorphic rocks are formed in the ocean and have salt water trapped inside.

Metamorphic rocks are formed in Ancient Greece near olive trees.

Lava erupts from a volcano, cold winds cool the rocks, the rocks are buried in the ground.

Rocks work their way up from the ground, lava is buried in the ground, a volcano erupts.

Rocks float up from the bottom of the ocean, rocks get stuck in a volcano, the volcano erupts and rocks fly out.

Lava erupts from a volcano, lava cools to form igneous rocks, igneous rocks erode into sediment.

Rocks can be sorted by size.

Rocks can be sorted by color.

Rocks can be sorted by texture.

Rocks cannot be sorted, this is a myth.

Minerals are coins that can be used in Canada to buy things.

Minerals are something in milk that makes you happy.

Minerals are hard substances that happen naturally in the earth.

Minerals are large, sharp points on the edge of a rock.

Rocks sink and minerals float.

Rocks can be used for more things than minerals can be used for.

Minerals are hard substances that contain elements, rocks are hard objects that are made up of two or more minerals.

There is no difference between rocks and minerals.

By testing how easily it is scratched.

By throwing it on the ground to see if it breaks.

By using water to see if it floats.

By cracking it in half and looking at it.