Planet Earth Quiz (Outcomes 1 + 2)

Match the mineral test with what it measures

• hardness: A ranking of resistance to scratching (1–10).

• Cleavage/Fracture

• How light reflects off the surface (e.g., Metallic, Glassy).

• Lustre

• The colour of the mineral's powder on a porcelain tile.

• Mohs Scale

• how the mineral breaks (smooth, jagged)

• Streak test

Sort the geological processes into the Rock Family they create.

Groups:

(a) Igneous

,

(b) Sedimentary

,

(c) Metamorphic

• compaction and cementation

• crystallization of lava

• magma solidifies

• melting and cooling

• high heat and pressure (no melting)

• change of granite into gneiss

• deposits of sediment over time

How can you tell the difference between extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks?

• extrusive rocks have larger crystals

• intrusive rocks are darker in color

• intrusive rocks have larger crystals

• extrusive rocks are darker in color

Granite is an intrusive igneous rock, which tells us that it formed...

• below the surface of the Earth

• from a volcano

• at Earth's surface

• at the bottom of the ocean

Arrange the correct order of Lithification (turning sediment into Sedimentary rock).

• Weight squeezes particles together

• Minerals glue particles into rock

• Rock breaks down into sediment.

• Sediment settles in layers

• Sediment is transported by wind, rain or ice

Label the locations of erosion, weathering and deposition.

a

b

c

erosion

weathering

deposition

A mudslide flowing down a steep hill.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Waves dropping sand on the beach.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone.

• Weather

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2