20 questions
Which is the process that breaks up rock on Earth’s surface?
deposition
melting
compaction
weathering
Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:
inorganic, organic and chemical rocks
igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks
sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks
Any rock that forms from another rock as a result of changes in heat or pressure (or both) is a:
chemical rock
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
Streak is the color of a mineral’s
fracture
luster
powder
cleavage
What kind of igneous rock usually contains large crystals?
clastic
extrusive
organic
intrusive
You find a deposit of organic limestone. In what type of rock setting did it probably form?
the ocean
a volcano
a swamp
sand dunes
A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is a(n)
igneous rock
metamorphic rock
sedimentary rock
extrusive rock
The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with
melting
erosion
deposition
crystallization
Which rock cycle process causes many sedimentary rocks to have visible layers?
eruption
intrusion
crystallization
deposition
If heat and pressure inside Earth cause the texture and crystal structure of a rock to change, what new material is formed?
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
igneous rock
chemical rock
You find a rock in which the grains are arranged in wavy, parallel bands of white and black crystals. What kind of rock have you probably found?
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
extrusive
A substance that flows and whose shape can change, but
not its volume is a:
solid
liquid
volume
matter
A substance that resists to change its shape is a:
liquid
solid
matter
volume
The amount of space that a matter occupies is its:
volume
liquid
solid
length
A naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
It´s a rock
It´s a crystal
It´s a mineral
It´s a substance
The particles of a mineral line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again with a pattern of a mineral’s particles that forms a translucent or transparent solid is a:
granite
crystal
solid
sand
An element is a substance composed of
many particles
a single kind of atom
a crystal arrangement
many layers
All minerals are substances that where formed by
volcano activity
human intervention
natural processes
rock deposition
To be classified as a mineral, a substance must satisfy this
requirement
have a definite chemical composition
naturally occurring
be a solid
all the above
The streak of a mineral is the
color of the rock
when it carved a line in a surface
is the color of it´s powder
is its hardness