Rocks and Minerals Quiz

What is the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle?

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

What is made up of soil, rocks, and minerals?

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

Which planet is the smallest in the Solar System?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

• Saturn

What type of rocks result when magma cools and crystallizes slowly within the Earth's crust?

• Sedimentary rocks

• Metamorphic rocks

• Igneous rocks

• Plutonic or intrusive rocks

What is the scientific study of the character and origin of rocks called?

• Geology

• Seismology

• Petrology

• Mineralogy

Which planet is the farthest from the Sun?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Venus

What is the only planet with rings around it?

• Venus

• Mars

• Saturn

• Mercury

What is the composition of Saturn?

• 95.2% Mars, 9.4% Saturn, 1.1% Venus

• 95.2% Saturn, 9.4% Venus, 1.1% Mars

• 95.2% Saturn, 9.4% Mars, 1.1% Venus

• 95.2% Venus, 9.4% Mars, 1.1% Saturn

What is the closest planet to the Sun?

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

What is the total of Jupiter's whole rotation period?

• 6 hours 15 minutes 10 seconds

• 9 hours 37 minutes 23 seconds

• 12 hours 45 minutes 30 seconds

• 15 hours 20 minutes 5 seconds