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WorksheetsRocks, Minerals and the Earth
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A large area of flat land is called a ___________.
Plain
Plateau
Hill
Canyon
What does a geologist do?
Studies rocks
Studies planets
Studies flowers
Studies living things
What properties of minerals are tested to see what kind they are?
hardness
color
texture
all of these
What happens when 2 or more minerals combine?
a rock forms
nothing
a new mineral is made
a vitamin forms
How is sedimentary rock made?
When layers of soil, minerals, dead plants and animals are pressed together.
When heat and pressure press rocks together deep inside the earth.
From magma in volcanoes.
When you break open a geode.
What kind of rock forms when a volcano erupts?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Coal
What is considered the softest mineral?
diamond
talc
calcite
granite
What do we call a large crack in the earth formed by a river or an earthquake?
Canyon
peninsula
plateau
Mountain
How is a mountain formed?
When magma pushes upward from the earth.
When the earth's plates bump into one another.
When the wind blows soil into a mound.
When rain causes soil to wash away and build up.
What is a thin water way that allows water to flow into a lake or ocean?
ocean
lake
river
waterfall
What is a major body of water that covers large parts of the earth?
ocean
lake
strait
bay
What can cause weathering of rocks?
sand and water
fog and clouds
minerals and lava
erosion and deposition
What do we call a resource that cannot be replaced?
renewable
nonrenewable
weathered
deposition
___________________ is an example of a renewable resource.
water
coal
oil
natural gas
A mud slide is an extreme example of ______________.
erosion
mountain making
weathering
earthquake
