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WorksheetsRock On Introduction
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the lithosphere?
Earth's atmosphere
Earth's crust and upper mantle
Earth's crust ONLY
Earth's inner core
What are rocks made from?
Elephants
Air
Minerals
Liquids
What describes a mineral's colour and texture?
Streak
Lustre
Fracture
Hardness
Transparency
What measures how easily the surface of a mineral is scratched or dented?
Streak
Lustre
Fracture
Hardness
Transparency
What measures how easily light travels through a mineral?
Streak
Lustre
Fracture
Hardness
Transparency
What are igneous rocks made from?
Quartz
Hard minerals from the core
Talc powder
Molten rock from the mantle
What is magma called when it flows onto Earth's surface?
Water
Lava
Liquid
Mineral rock
When lava or magma cools, it forms crystals. If it has a LONG time to cool does it form large or small crystals?
Large
Small
Doesn't matter how long it takes
What is weathering?
Movement of broken down rock
The process of breaking down rock
The settling of broken down rock in other places
What is erosion?
Movement of broken down rock
The process of breaking down rock
The settling of broken down rock in other places
What describes the formation of sediments?
Movement of broken down rock
The process of breaking down rock
The settling of broken down rock in other places
What forms sedimentary rocks?
Sediments compacted under pressure
Quartz compacted under pressure
Sediments packed together loosely
Only sand
What is a metamorphic rock?
Rocks formed by a process of change
Rocks not part of the rock cycle
Rocks not exposed to any pressure
What processes can be part of the rock cycle? (Hint: there is more than one answer!)
Weathering
Erosion
Moving rocks
Melting
Evaporating rocks
