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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What are the three main different types of rocks?
Bird, quartz and mica.
Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.
Pressure, slate and mable.
Sedimentary, granite and metamorphic.
Which rock is made of fragments of other rocks?
Igneous
Minerals
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
It is formed when melted rock cools down
Granite
Sandstone
Marble
Slate
Examples of sedimentary rocks...
Marble, slate and clay
Sandstone, shale and coal
Basalt and granite
Obsidian
Where do we find the minerals?
In the Earth's crust
In the continents
Under the water
In the mountains
Minerals have different properties
Gold, silver and diamonds
Colour, hardness and lustre
Color, crystal and lustre
Sulphur, copper and cobalt
A mineral which is green is made of...
Slate
Sulphur
Cobalt
Copper
We use minerals for:
Gold, silver and graphite for jewerly
Copper to make paint
Graphite to make cans and cars
Gypsum to make cement and plaster
The lithosphere is...
all the water on Earth
all the volcanoes
all the rocks and minerals on the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle
all the rocks and minerals on the Eart's crust
Lava can be as hot as...
600ºC
100ºC
10ºC
1000ºC
Huge areas of rock under the ground we work on
Earthquakes
Fault lines
Tectonic plates
Volcanoes
The Earth has______major plates
5
6
7
8
The place where plates meet is called...
fault lines
tectonic plates
chimney
continents
The________is a large pool of magma under a volcano
Lava
Lithosphere
Water
Magma chamber
It provokes earthquakes
When the plates bump one into another in the fault lines
When a volcano erupts
Tsunamies
Volcanoes
Parts of a volcano...
Lithosphere, core and lava
Chimney, magma chamber, crater
Lava, chimney and mantle
Granite, slate and marble
____________________ forces the magma up from inside the Earth.
Heat and erosion
Ice and pressure
Heat and pressure
Pressure and lava
What does magma turn into?
Crater
Chimney
Obsidian
Lava
Volcanoes form...
Metamorphic rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Igneous Rocks
Limestone
Why we don't notice that the crust is moving?
Becuause it does very fast
Because it doesn't move
Because it does very slowly
Because it's very far from us
