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Rocks, Minerals and Soil

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

مما يتكون سي هورايزون؟ What do C-horizon made of?

a)

طين Clay

b)

حمص Humus

c)

صخرة السرير Bed rock

d)

كبير

صخرة large rock

2.

A conglomerate is an example of which type of rock?

a)

صخرة نارية متطفلة intrusive igneous rock

b)

Extrusive igneous rock

c)

صخور رسوبية sedimentary rock

d)

الصخور المتحولة metamorphic rock

3.

What is the mineral property that describes how easily a mineral can be scratched?

a)

streak

b)

cleavage

c)

fracture

d)

hardness

4.

Which properties are most helpful to identify minerals?

a)

luster and streak

b)

weight and size

c)

shape and color

5.

From which material does an extrusive rock form?

a)

الصهارة Magma

b)

حمم بركانية lava

c)

الرواسب sediment

d)

المعدنية mineral

6.

What is strip farming?

a)

قطع الرفوف في التلال cutting shelves in hills

b)

أضف السماد إلى التربة add fertilizer to the soil

c)

زراعة العشب بين صفوف المحاصيل planting grass between crop rows

d)

زراعة أشجار طويلة planting tall trees

7.

Which property of mineral that break along smooth surface?

a)

صلابة hardness

b)

cleavage

c)

fracture

d)

streak

8.

All are changes that happen in the rock cycle EXCEPT

a)

magma-------> sedimentary rock

b)

igneous rock ------> sediments

c)

metamorphic rock------> magma

d)

sediments ------> sedimentary rock

9.

A student tested the hardness of four mineral samples by using each sample to scratch the others.


Mineral 1 scratched Mineral 2 but would not scratch Mineral 3.


Mineral 2 would not scratch any of the others.


Mineral 4 scratched Mineral 3.


Which list shows the mineral samples in order from softest to hardest?

a)

1,2,3,4

b)

2,1,3,4

c)

1,3,4,2

d)

2,4,1,3

10.

The chart above lists characteristics of the three main rock groups. 
Which order correctly fills in the left column ?

a)

igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

b)

igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

c)

lava, igneous, metamorphic

d)

sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic