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WorksheetsPlates, rocks, and more!
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of rock is formed when magma cools?
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Sedimentary Rock
d)
Magma
2.
What type of rock is formed when a sedimentary rock get put under heat and pressure?
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
d)
Magma
3.
What type of rock is formed when sediment gets pushed together?
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
d)
Magma
4.
What plates move apart from each other?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
5.
What plates move collide or are pushed together?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
6.
What plates slide past each other?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
7.
What will most likely happen when plates pull apart from each other?
a)
Magma will push up through making volcanic mountain ridges.
b)
Mountain ranges will form.
c)
Earthquakes will occur from not sliding smoothly
8.
What will most likely happen when plates push together?
a)
Magma will push up through making volcanic mountain ridges.
b)
Mountain ranges will form.
c)
Earthquakes will occur from not sliding smoothly
9.
What will most likely happen when plates transform?
a)
Magma will push up through making volcanic mountain ridges.
b)
Mountain ranges will form.
c)
Earthquakes will occur from not sliding smoothly
10.
What is the layer of the earth that we live on?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
11.
What layer of the earth is where most rocks are in a liquid states. The plates sit here.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
12.
What layer of the earth is completely liquid?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
13.
What layer of the earth is completely solid and the smallest layer?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
14.
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
a)
Rocks are harder
b)
Minerals are nonliving
c)
Minerals are prettier
d)
Rocks are made up of minerals
15.
Using the Mohs Hardness Scale, which mineral is the hardest.
a)
diamond
b)
talc
c)
pyrite
d)
quartz
16.
Which of the following is not a property of a mineral?
a)
size
b)
luster
c)
hardness
d)
cleavage
17.
What is the term for the process of breaking down rocks?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
weathering and erosion
c)
cool and harden
d)
melting and cooling
18.
A ____ mineral will scratch a ____ mineral.
a)
small, big
b)
soft,hard
c)
hard,soft
d)
big, small
19.
What is the process of one type of rock turning into another is called...
a)
rock cycle
b)
water cycle
c)
igneous rocks
d)
metamorphic
20.
Which is not a type of igneous rock?
a)
obsidian
b)
pumice
c)
granite
d)
sandstone
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