Download Rocks and Minerals Quiz

Survey
yes no Was this document useful for you?
   Thank you for your participation!

* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project

Document related concepts

Mudrock wikipedia , lookup

Igneous rock wikipedia , lookup

Sedimentary rock wikipedia , lookup

Transcript
Planet Rock Review
Try this on your own, and check online for the answer key.
_____ /8pts. Look at the diagram below. Match each word with a number from
the picture. Each may be used only once.
_____ metamorphic
_____ sediment
_____ weathering
_____ igneous
_____ magma
_____ erosion
_____ lava
_____ sedimentary rock
_____ /7 pts. Match the vocabulary word with the best definition.
_____ rock
_____ luster
_____ Mohs scale
_____ igneous
_____ sediment
_____ mineral
_____ properties
A. describes how a rock reflects light,
shininess
B. these are the oldest type of rocks
C. characteristics by which matter is
described
D. this helps geologists compare
rocks’ hardness
E. small pieces of weathered & eroded
Rock
F. the building blocks of rocks that are
naturally made by earth
G. a natural, solid material made of 1 or
more minerals
Give the rock type that is represented by the numbers:
1. ______________________________________
2. ______________________________________
3. ______________________________________
How is the Earth constantly changing?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Our soil samples from the playground contained many different things (organic matter, inoraganic matter, sediments, etc.). We could separate all of the things from one another
because soil is a:
a) chemical solution
b) mixture
c) sediment
d) rock
List two ways a volcano is a destructive force: ___________________________________
List two ways a volcano is a constructive: ______________________________________
The smaller the particle size of a sediment, the (less/more) able water is to run through it.
In class, we investigated chemical weathering in two ways: chalk in vinegar and water on
steel wool (to represent iron in granite). Which reaction happened more quickly? ________