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Rocks!

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A natural process that slowly changes or breaks apart rocks.

a)

WEATHERING

b)

EROSION

c)

DEPOSITION

d)

FOSSIL

2.

When sediments are PICKED UP and moved to a new place.

a)

WEATHERING

b)

EROSION

c)

DEPOSITION

d)

SCHOOL BUS

3.

When sediments are DROPPED OFF at a new location.

a)

WEATHERING

b)

EROSION

c)

DEPOSITION

d)

MAILBOX

4.

How will a chalk rock feel?

a)

SLIMY

b)

DUSTY

c)

HARD

d)

COLD

5.

What kind of rock is large and found near the water’s edge?

a)

RESTING ROCK

b)

FISHING ROCK

c)

BRIDGE ROCK

d)

SPLASHING ROCK

6.

 What is one reason memory rocks are so special?

a)

They don’t last long before they break.

b)

They do not belong to any group of rocks.

c)

They are very rare and difficult to find.

d)

They contain fossils of things that lived long ago.

7.

How do sedimentary rocks form?

a)

Lava or magma cools and hardens

b)

Sand, mud and pebbles settles into layers and get squeezed together.

c)

Extreme heat or pressure turn old rocks into new rocks

d)

Under trampolines

8.

__________________ rocks form when lava or magma cools and hardens.

a)

METAMORPHIC

b)

IGNEOUS

c)

SEDIMENTARY

d)

WEIRD

9.

What type of rock would you expect to find near a volcano?

a)

METAMORPHIC

b)

IGNEOUS

c)

SEDIMENTARY

d)

BROKEN

10.

What is needed for a metamorphic rock to form?

a)

HEAT

b)

PRESSURE

c)

HEAT AND PRESSURE

d)

WIFI

11.
a)

MAGMA

b)

MINERALS

c)

HOT WATER

d)

SEDIMENT

12.

Fossils are the remains of once living ________________ or ________________.

a)

PLANTS OR ANIMALS

b)

DINOSAURS OR SEASHELLS

c)

INSECTS OR TREE

d)

TEACHERS OR STUDENTS

13.

When an animal dies it’s skeleton settles on the ocean floor and is buried by __________________.

a)

SEDIMENT

b)

BONES

c)

WATER

d)

DIRT

14.

Fossils tell us a lot about the ____________.

a)

FUTURE

b)

PRESENT

c)

PAST

d)

PRINCIPAL

15.

THE BEATLES ROCKED!

Name the Fab Four.

a)

John, Paul, George, Ringo

b)

John, Paul, George, Margo

c)

John, Paul, Peter, James

d)

Kathy, Jessica, Amanda, Jenn