WorksheetsRocks to Soil key words Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the main component of sandstone?
Magma
Quartz
Calcite
Feldspars
Which type of weathering happens when acidic rainfall dissolves limestone?
Sedimentary weathering
Chemical weathering
Metamorphic weathering
Physical weathering
What type of rock is formed when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, and hot mineral-rich fluids usually underground?
Sedimentary
Granite
Igneous
Metamorphic
What is the main component of limestone?
Feldspars
Magma
Calcite
Quartz
What is the process of rocks changing from one group to another over time called?
Rock transition
Rock evolution
Rock cycle
Rock transformation
What is the main component of granite?
Magma
Quartz
Feldspars
Calcite
What is the main component of concrete?
Feldspars
Calcite
Quartz
Magma
What is the main component of aggregate used for road building?
Quartz
Calcite
Feldspars
Magma
What is the main component of gemstones?
Quartz
Feldspars
Magma
Calcite
What is the main component of soil?
Clay
Sand
Vegetation
All of the above
What is the process of breaking down rock by wind, temperature, or water called?
Weathering
Uplift
Volcanism
Erosion
What is the main component of magma?
Quartz
Calcite
Feldspars
Magma
What is the main component of lava?
Calcite
Magma
Feldspars
Quartz
What is the main component of cement?
Feldspars
Magma
Quartz
Calcite
What is the main component of topsoil?
Clay
Vegetation
All of the above
Sand
What is Physical Weathering?
When the rock breaks down in several e.g heating and cooling and by living things.
When time passes and rock becomes stronger after a volcanic eruption
When the rock builds up and becomes stronger
When the rock breaks up into sections ready for road building.
The minerals we add to the soil to make crops grown bigger and stronger is called?
metamorphic
concrete
water
fertiliser
Where plates move towards each other they melt and on the surface volcanoes appear as the melted liquid rock makes it way to the surface this creates...
Tidal waves
Volcanoes
rock cycles
tornadoes
Cement is made from crushed.....
limestone
rocks and soil
granite
sandstone
Aggregate is used for road building, but what is it?
sand
crushed rock
cement
concrete
