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WorksheetsEarth Materials
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A combination of one or more minerals or organic matter is called a __________.
a)
Sushi
b)
Rock
c)
Mineral
d)
Sediment
2.
A __________ is a naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes.
a)
Rock
b)
Mineral
c)
Sediment
d)
Glob
3.
Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms are called ___________.
a)
Sediment
b)
Shedding
c)
Minerals
d)
Fragment
4.
What is the type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface?
a)
Magma
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Sedimentary
5.
What is the type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed or cemented together?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Mixture
d)
Metamorphic
6.
What is the type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Fossil Fuel
7.
_________ is the look and feel of a rock's surface, determined by the size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grains.
a)
Sediment
b)
Texture
c)
Skin
d)
Form
8.
__________ are the particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture.
a)
Texture
b)
Pebbles
c)
Grains
d)
Landscape
9.
___________ is the layer or rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Jacket
10.
The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core is called the ________.
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Magma
11.
The ________ is the solid, central region of the Earth.
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Heart
12.
_____________ is the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Cementation
d)
Flinging
13.
____________ is the chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances.
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Pollution
d)
Deposition
14.
____________ is the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Traveling
d)
Deposition
15.
_______________ is the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
a)
Cementation
b)
Deposition
c)
Erosion
d)
Weathering
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