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WorksheetsScience ROCKS!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All rocks are made up of minerals.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Christie is studying different types of soil. She is comparing clay, sand, gravel and silt. In which soil type will she find the smallest particles?
a)
Silt
b)
Sand
c)
Clay
d)
Gravel
3.
Cooled lava on Earth's surface turns into
a)
magma
b)
sedimentary rock
c)
metamorphic rock
d)
igneous rock
4.
Which rock type contains fossils?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
5.
Which rock type has been changed from heat and pressure?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
6.
Rocks that are formed when many small pieces of rock, shell, and sand are cemented together are called____________.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
7.
Sandstone is made of grains of sand pressed together. What type of rock is this classified as?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
8.
Pumice rock is the lightest rock and has holes in it from gases. How would you classify a pumice rock?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
9.
What sedimentary rock is made of mud and clay pressed together? It commonly holds fossils of leaves.
a)
Limestone
b)
Sandstone
c)
Shale
d)
Marble
10.
What is the name of this shiny, glassy rock? What is the rock type?
a)
Pumice, Igneous
b)
Sandstone, Sedimentary
c)
Obsidian, Igneous
d)
Slate, Metamorphic
11.
This rock is formed from limestone. What is the name of the rock and rock type?
a)
Quartzite, Metamorphic
b)
Marble, Metamorphic
c)
Marble, Igneous
d)
Obsidian, Igneous
12.
This rock is formed from limestone. What is the name of the rock and rock type?
a)
Quartzite, Metamorphic
b)
Marble, Metamorphic
c)
Marble, Igneous
d)
Obsidian, Igneous
13.
What is the name of this hard, dense, metamorphic rock that formed from the sedimentary rock, shale? It is often used for chalkboards.
a)
Limestone
b)
Slate
c)
Quartzite
d)
Obsidian
14.
Why would you choose to use a metamorphic rock like quartzite as an arrowhead instead of a sedimentary rock like sandstone?
a)
It is darker
b)
I would choose sandstone
c)
It is harder
15.
This rock is made of shells pressed together. Fossils of shells are found in this rock. What is the name and type of rock?
a)
Obsidian, Igneous
b)
Sandstone, Sedimentary
c)
Sandstone, Igneous
d)
Limestone, Sedimentary
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