Geology Quiz

What are rocks made up of?

• Water and air

• Different minerals

• Plants and animals

• Sand only

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What is part of the composition of soil according to the text?

• Decomposers

• Air

• Rock

• Leaves

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What can cause small rocks to form from larger rocks?

• Freezing

• Weathering

• Boiling

• Painting

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What does the rock cycle explain?

• How rocks grow

• How rocks move and change on Earth

• How rocks dissolve in water

• How rocks are used by humans

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What is magma?

• A type of sedimentary rock

• A hot fluid under Earth's crust

• A form of metamorphic rock

• Water from a thunderstorm

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What helps in identifying the type of rock you are looking at?

• Its smell

• Its hardness

• Its color

• Its texture

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How do sedimentary rocks form?

• From magma cooling down

• From metamorphic rocks melting

• From sediments combining and compressing

• From volcanic eruptions

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What are igneous rocks formed from?

• Sand and clay

• Hot magma

• Plant materials

• Ocean water

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What are the two types of igneous rocks?

• Sedimentary and Metamorphic

• Extrusive and Intrusive

• Basalt and Granite

• Marble and Quartz

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What causes some igneous rocks to have holes?

• High pressure

• Trapped air bubbles

• Water erosion

• Chemical reactions

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