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ROCKS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three main different types of rocks?

a)

Bird, quartz and mica.

b)

Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

c)

Pressure, slate and mable.

d)

Sedimentary, granite and metamorphic.

2.

Which rock is made of fragments of other rocks?

a)

Igneous

b)

Minerals

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sedimentary

3.

It is formed when melted rock cools down

a)

Granite

b)

Sandstone

c)

Marble

d)

Slate

4.

Examples of sedimentary rocks...

a)

Marble, slate and clay

b)

Sandstone, shale and coal

c)

Basalt and granite

d)

Obsidian

5.

Where do we find the minerals?

a)

In the Earth's crust

b)

In the continents

c)

Under the water

d)

In the mountains

6.

Minerals have different properties

a)

Gold, silver and diamonds

b)

Colour, hardness and lustre

c)

Color, crystal and lustre

d)

Sulphur, copper and cobalt

7.

A mineral which is green is made of...

a)

Slate

b)

Sulphur

c)

Cobalt

d)

Copper

8.

We use minerals for:

a)

Gold, silver and graphite for jewerly

b)

Copper to make paint

c)

Graphite to make cans and cars

d)

Gypsum to make cement and plaster

9.

The lithosphere is...

a)

all the water on Earth

b)

all the volcanoes

c)

all the rocks and minerals on the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle

d)

all the rocks and minerals on the Eart's crust

10.

Lava can be as hot as...

a)

600ºC

b)

100ºC

c)

10ºC

d)

1000ºC

11.

Huge areas of rock under the ground we work on

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Fault lines

c)

Tectonic plates

d)

Volcanoes

12.

The Earth has______major plates

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

13.

The place where plates meet is called...

a)

fault lines

b)

tectonic plates

c)

chimney

d)

continents

14.

The________is a large pool of magma under a volcano

a)

Lava

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Water

d)

Magma chamber

15.

It provokes earthquakes

a)

When the plates bump one into another in the fault lines

b)

When a volcano erupts

c)

Tsunamies

d)

Volcanoes

16.

Parts of a volcano...

a)

Lithosphere, core and lava

b)

Chimney, magma chamber, crater

c)

Lava, chimney and mantle

d)

Granite, slate and marble

17.

____________________ forces the magma up from inside the Earth.

a)

Heat and erosion

b)

Ice and pressure

c)

Heat and pressure

d)

Pressure and lava

18.

What does magma turn into?

a)

Crater

b)

Chimney

c)

Obsidian

d)

Lava

19.

Volcanoes form...

a)

Metamorphic rocks

b)

Sedimentary rocks

c)

Igneous Rocks

d)

Limestone

20.

Why we don't notice that the crust is moving?

a)

Becuause it does very fast

b)

Because it doesn't move

c)

Because it does very slowly

d)

Because it's very far from us