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WorksheetsRocks & Minerals
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of rock forms from cementation and compaction close to or on earth's surface?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
2.
What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
3.
What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
4.
What is the geological process by which rocks are formed, destroyed, or altered?
a)
continental drift
b)
plate tectonics
c)
water cycle
d)
rock cycle
5.
Which of the following is a physical property of minerals?
a)
luster
b)
reactivity
c)
oxidation
d)
flammability
6.
Which of the following is a chemical property of minerals?
a)
color
b)
hardness
c)
reactivity
d)
luster
7.
Which box is more dense?
a)
box B
b)
neither
c)
box A
d)
both have the same density
8.
Which type of rock is most likely to be the most dense (most tightly packed particles and therefore heaviest)?
a)
metamorphic
b)
sedimentary
c)
extrusive igneous
d)
all have the same density
9.
Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock? (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)
a)
intrusive igneous
b)
extrusive igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
10.
This is a real picture of a warm climate plant that was found in Antarctica. What can be concluded about Antarctica's climate based on this finding?
a)
Antarctica hasn't always been as cold as it is now.
b)
Antarctica has always been cold.
c)
Antarctica has always been warm.
d)
Antarctica has never changed.
11.
These fossils of sea creatures were found far above sea level in the upper layers of the Grand Canyon. What can be concluded based on this finding?
a)
The sea creatures grew legs and crawled.
b)
There is not evidence that anything has changed.
c)
That area of the Grand Canyon used to be below sea level.
12.
Fossils of the same animal are found on two different continents. Which of the following can be inferred based on this finding?
a)
The climate has changed.
b)
The animals swam across the ocean.
c)
The continents have drifted apart.
d)
The wind carried the animals across the ocean.
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