Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils
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  • Question 1
    120 seconds
    Q. Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?
    answer choices
    Igneous
    Metamorphic
    Sedimentary
    Extrusive
  • Question 2
    120 seconds
    Q. Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?
    answer choices
    Igneous
    Sedimentary
    Organic
    Metamorphic
  • Question 3
    120 seconds
    Q. This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
    answer choices
    Sedimentary
    Igneous
    Metamorphic
  • Question 4
    120 seconds
    Q. What are the 3 major types of rocks?
    answer choices
    Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
    Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
    Brown, Red, Gray
    Streak, Hardness, Breakage
  • Question 5
    120 seconds
    Q. Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
    answer choices
    True
    False
  • Question 6
    120 seconds
    Q. The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 
    answer choices
    hardness
    specific gravity
    luster
    streak
  • Question 7
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    Q. How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 
    answer choices
    luster
    streak
    cleavage
    fracture
  • Question 8
    120 seconds
    Q. A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?
    answer choices
    streak
    luster
    hardness
    heft
  • Question 9
    120 seconds
    Q. In what kind of rock can fossils be found?
    answer choices
    Sedimentary Rocks
    Igneous Rocks
    Metamorphic Rocks
    Granite
  • Question 10
    120 seconds
    Q. Which layer formed first?
    answer choices
    Rock Layer W
    Rock Layer X
    Rock Layer Y
    Rock Layer Z
  • Question 11
    120 seconds
    Q. Put the layers in order from oldest to youngest.
    answer choices
    a, b, c, d, e
    b, c, d, a, e
    b, c, d, e, a 
    e, d, c, b, a
  • Question 12
    120 seconds
    Q. Put the layers in order from oldest to youngest.
    answer choices
    c, e, d, b, a
    a, b, c, d, e
    a, c, e, d, b
    b, d, e, c, a
  • Question 13
    120 seconds
    Q. Used to determine whether an object is older or younger than other objects
    answer choices
    Superposition
    Relative Dating
    Fossil
    Unconformity
  • Question 14
    120 seconds
    Q. States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
    answer choices
    Law of crosscutting
    Law of superposition
    Relative Dating
    Unconformity
  • Question 15
    120 seconds
    Q. A break in the geologic record that is made when rock layers are eroded over a long period of time
    answer choices
    Law of Superposition
    Law of Crosscutting
    Relative Dating
    Unconformity
  • Question 16
    120 seconds
    Q. Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?
    answer choices
    F
    E
    B
    A
  • Question 17
    120 seconds
    Q. How does sedimentary rock usually form?
    answer choices
    Vertically
    Diagonally
    Folding
    Horizontally
  • Question 18
    120 seconds
    Q. Which layer is oldest?
    answer choices
    A
    W
    G
    Z
  • Question 19
    120 seconds
    Q. What type of fossil is this?
    answer choices
    Trace fossil
    Mold
    Cast
    Carbon film
  • Question 20
    120 seconds
    Q. What type of fossil is this?
    answer choices
    Mold
    Cast
    Preserved remains
    Trace fossil
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