Ch. 4 Lesson 1 and 2 Quiz Review

What is a natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains?

• minerals

• sediment

• rocks

• lava

Rocks can be made up of mineral crystals and _______________.

• grains

• sediments

• crystals

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What do we call scientists who study rocks?

• volcanologist

• mineralogist

• geologist

• paleontologist.

Geologists use what two things to identify types of rocks?

CHOOSE TWO

• texture

• color

• size

• composition

Geologists study the texture of rocks to determine what?

• how big the rock is

• what it is made of

• the type of environment it formed in

• what type of rock it will turn into

What are the three major rock types?
Click all that apply!

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• volcanic

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What type of rock forms as lava and magma cools?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• crystals

Igneous rocks usually form around what type of natural landform?

• earthquakes

• tsunami

• volcanoes

• mountain ranges

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What do we call pieces of broken down rocks?

• grains

• minerals

• crystals

• sediments

Sediments can be made up of rock fragments, mineral crystals and the remains of certain plants and animals called __________?

• sediments

• grains

• fossils

• crystals

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