Quiz on Soils, Rocks, and Landforms

What is a geologist?

• A scientist who studies plants

• A scientist who studies fossils

• A scientist who studies Earth, its materials, and its history

• A scientist who studies the stars

What is a paleontologist?

• A scientist who studies rocks

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

• A scientist who studies fossils

• A scientist who studies weather

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What is lava?

• Melted rock erupting onto Earth's surface

• A type of sedimentary rock

• A fossilized tree

• A space in sediments filled with minerals

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What is a volcano?

• A type of fossil

• An opening in Earth's crust where lava and gases come to the surface

• A layer of sediment

• A scientist who studies Earth

What is sedimentary rock?

• Rock that forms from cooled lava

• Rock that forms when layers of sediments get stuck together

• Rock that forms from volcanic ash

• Rock that forms from melted minerals

What is a fossil?

• A scientist who studies Earth

• A type of rock

• A living organism

• Any remains, trace, or imprint of animal or plant life preserved in Earth's crust

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What is petrified wood?

• A type of mold

• A type of lava

• The fossil remains of trees

• A type of sedimentary rock

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What is a mold in geological terms?

• A type of organism

• A type of rock

• A space in the sediments that fills with minerals

• A type of fossil

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What is a cast in geological terms?

• A type of sedimentary rock

• A copy of an organism created by the minerals in a mold

• A type of lava

• A type of fossil

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What is the fossil record?

• All the volcanoes on Earth

• All the rocks on Earth

• All the fossils on Earth

• All the organisms on Earth

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