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Rocks to Soil key words Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main component of sandstone?

a)

Magma

b)

Quartz

c)

Calcite

d)

Feldspars

2.

Which type of weathering happens when acidic rainfall dissolves limestone?

a)

Sedimentary weathering

b)

Chemical weathering

c)

Metamorphic weathering

d)

Physical weathering

3.

What type of rock is formed when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, and hot mineral-rich fluids usually underground?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Granite

c)

Igneous

d)

Metamorphic

4.

What is the main component of limestone?

a)

Feldspars

b)

Magma

c)

Calcite

d)

Quartz

5.

What is the process of rocks changing from one group to another over time called?

a)

Rock transition

b)

Rock evolution

c)

Rock cycle

d)

Rock transformation

6.

What is the main component of granite?

a)

Magma

b)

Quartz

c)

Feldspars

d)

Calcite

7.

What is the main component of concrete?

a)

Feldspars

b)

Calcite

c)

Quartz

d)

Magma

8.

What is the main component of aggregate used for road building?

a)

Quartz

b)

Calcite

c)

Feldspars

d)

Magma

9.

What is the main component of gemstones?

a)

Quartz

b)

Feldspars

c)

Magma

d)

Calcite

10.

What is the main component of soil?

a)

Clay

b)

Sand

c)

Vegetation

d)

All of the above

11.

What is the process of breaking down rock by wind, temperature, or water called?

a)

Weathering

b)

Uplift

c)

Volcanism

d)

Erosion

12.

What is the main component of magma?

a)

Quartz

b)

Calcite

c)

Feldspars

d)

Magma

13.

What is the main component of lava?

a)

Calcite

b)

Magma

c)

Feldspars

d)

Quartz

14.

What is the main component of cement?

a)

Feldspars

b)

Magma

c)

Quartz

d)

Calcite

15.

What is the main component of topsoil?

a)

Clay

b)

Vegetation

c)

All of the above

d)

Sand

16.

What is Physical Weathering?

a)

When the rock breaks down in several e.g heating and cooling and by living things.

b)

When time passes and rock becomes stronger after a volcanic eruption

c)

When the rock builds up and becomes stronger

d)

When the rock breaks up into sections ready for road building.

17.

The minerals we add to the soil to make crops grown bigger and stronger is called?

a)

metamorphic

b)

concrete

c)

water

d)

fertiliser

18.

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...

a)

Tidal waves

b)

Volcanoes

c)

rock cycles

d)

tornadoes

19.

Cement is made from crushed.....

a)

limestone

b)

rocks and soil

c)

granite

d)

sandstone

20.

Aggregate is used for road building, but what is it?

a)

sand

b)

crushed rock

c)

cement

d)

concrete