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Lessons 1-3 Earth Materials

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a mock rock?

a)

imitation of a real rock

b)

mineral

c)

stone

d)

an earth material

2.

What does a geologist do?

a)

study rocks

b)

study earths materials

c)

study water

d)

study the sun

3.

Scientific words that end with "ist" mean ?

a)

today or tomorrow

b)

a person who went to school

c)

a person who studies

d)

a specialist

4.

A rock is an earth material made of ?

a)

one ingredient

b)

seven components

c)

more than one component

d)

sugar and spice

5.

What is a mineral?

a)

a substance in a rock

b)

part of a brick

c)

found in a desert

d)

material that can not be broken down

6.

A mock rock is made of the following components?

a)

sand, gravel, salt, shells

b)

shells, minerals,salt

c)

crystals, sand, flour

d)

flour, salt, minerals

7.

What kind of crystals did you find in the mock rocks?

a)

epsom salt

b)

gysum

c)

sugar

d)

kosher salt

8.

How do you know a material is a mineral?

a)

it is hard

b)

it has color

c)

it can not be broken

d)

you find it in a rock

9.

Circumference is the ?

a)

distance around a circle

b)

distance around a block

c)

distance around a rhombus

d)

distance around a square

10.

How do we determine the properties of something ?

a)

size, shape, taste, smell

b)

shape, look, smell, size

c)

size, texture, look, name

d)

size, shape, texture, color, smell

11.

What can you do to determine what a rock is made of?

a)

examine it with a magnifying glass

b)

take it apart

c)

touch it

d)

smell it

12.

What do scientist do to smell something?

a)

smell it

b)

sniff it

c)

wharf the smell

d)

pour it in a cup

13.

Geo means ?

a)

the study of

b)

study of anthropology

c)

study of the sun

d)

study of earth

14.

The radius of an object is ?

a)

the distance from the beginning to the end

b)

the area of a triangle

c)

the perimeter of a square

d)

the from one side of a circle to the other