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WorksheetsRocks, Minerals and Fossils Review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
Rock that forms from the cooling of magma below the surface or lava at the surface is called:
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
2.
How does a sedimentary rock form?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
melting and cooling
c)
compaction and cemetation
3.
Heat and pressure deep in the Earth can change any rock into a:
a)
magma
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
igneous rock
d)
metamorphic rock
4.
You find a dark, glassy, igneous rock. What is it?
a)
coal
b)
obsidian
c)
limestone
d)
gneiss
5.
The Grand Canyon is layers of rock that formed over time. What are the rock layers?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
igneous rock
d)
it's impossible to tell
6.
True or False: Metamorphic rocks are used for buildings and statues because the minerals are tightly packed allowing them to withstand water better.
a)
false
b)
true
7.
If you are near a volcano and you see a fine grained (smooth texture), what type of rock is it?
a)
intrusive igneous rock
b)
foliated igneous rock
c)
clastic igneous rock
d)
extrusive igneous rock
8.
Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary rock?
a)
limestone
b)
sandstone
c)
granite
d)
conglomerate
9.
A series of processes on and beneath Earth's surface that changes rock into other types of rock is called:
a)
The rock cycle
b)
The water cycle
c)
The nitrogen cycle
d)
The carbon cycle
10.
If you find a rock with sea shell fragments in it, you probably have what type of rock?
a)
shells are not in rocks
b)
igneous rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
sedimentary rock
11.
Scientists classify rocks:
a)
by the size
b)
by the origin or the rock (how they were formed)
c)
by the color
d)
where they are found
12.
Stone mountain is made out of ______________ which is a/an ____________rock.
a)
granite, igneous
b)
granite, metamorphic
c)
marble, igneous
d)
marble, metamorphic
13.
Quartz is found in all types of rocks (metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary). We classify quartz as a/an ______________________.
a)
rock
b)
element
c)
mineral
d)
organic
14.
What are the three hardest minerals on the Mohs Hardness Scale.
a)
Quartz, Topaz, and Diamond
b)
Apatite, Corundum, and Diamond
c)
Talc, Gypsum, and Calcite
d)
Topaz, Corundum, and Diamond
15.
If you take a metamorphic or igneous rock and weather it, erode it, and then compact and cement the pieces of the rock, you will get a/an _________________rock.
a)
igneous
b)
sedimentary
c)
metamorphic
d)
iguana
16.
Rocks are made up of:
a)
large crystals
b)
small crystals
c)
only organic material
d)
a mixture of minerals and other materials
17.
A fossilized seashell found on a mountaintop explains:
a)
how Earth has changed over time.
b)
the ocean levels were higher once.
c)
that someone played a joke on a geologist.
d)
how Earth has not changed over time.
18.
True or False: In the rock cycle, any rock can change into the other types of rocks including itself.
a)
true
b)
false
19.
From the following rocks, which is metamorphic?
a)
granite
b)
basalt
c)
marble
d)
sandstone
20.
Which of the following is a mineral?
a)
pyrite
b)
pirate
c)
shale
d)
gneiss
21.
Toothpaste, jewelry, makeup, and bricks have what in common?
a)
they are all magnetic
b)
they all contain minerals
c)
they are all expensive
d)
things we throw at each other
22.
What is the process that turns wood into stone?
a)
imprinting
b)
casting
c)
petrifaction
d)
preservation
23.
What do we call the preserved remains or traces of an organism?
a)
a fossil
b)
an element
c)
a rock
d)
a mineral
24.
If an index fossil type found in a layer of rock in Utah and the same index fossil type was found in China, you know the fossils are:
a)
The fossil in China is older
b)
about the same age
c)
The fossil in Utah is older
25.
To go from a metamorphic rock to a sedimentary rock, you need what to happen?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
melting and cooling
c)
use magic
d)
weathering and erosion
26.
Fossils reveal what about Earth's past?
a)
changes in living things over time
b)
all of these
c)
changes in Earth's landscapes over time
d)
changes in Earth's climate over time
27.
A fossil Barbie doll is found in a layer of rock below a fossil Justin Bieber doll. Which is the older fossil?
a)
The fossil Barbie doll
b)
The fossil Justin Bieber
c)
They are the same age
d)
Hard to tell because the Justin Bieber doll probably self destructed and blew them both up
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