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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is another name for a small rock?
A stone
A pebble
A shell
A pickle
- 2. Multiple Choice
Kyle wants to find out if his rock is permeable.
He pours water over the rock and water runs through it.
We need to rub rocks together to find out.
No, because water doesn’t run through.
Yes, because water runs through it.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Marlon has a sandstone rock and a granite rock.
To find out which one is hardest, he rubs them together and pieces of the sandstone rock fall off.
Which rock is hardest?
Both are equally hard
Sandstone
Granite
- 4. Multiple Choice
The properties of a rock describe . . .
It's name
It's colour
How it looks or behaves
- 5. Multiple Choice
Hardness is a property of rocks. The harder the rock, . . .
the more difficult it is for water to flow through it.
the more easily water can flow through it.
the more difficult it is to scratch.
the easier it is to scratch.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which property of slate make it a good material for tiling roofs?
impermeability
stretchiness
permeabilty
- 7. Multiple Choice
Kitchen worktops need to be hard, strong, impermeable and smooth. Which rock would be best material to make a kitchen worktop from?
granite
sandstone
shale
- 8. Multiple Choice
You can use chalk to write on different surfaces. Which property makes chalk a good material for writing?
softness
permeabilty
strength
- 9. Multiple Choice
Durdle Door is a place in Dorset where the sea has worn a hole in the limestone rock. What property of limestone has allowed the water to wear it away?
Strength
Breaks away easily
Permeable
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which material is used to make bricks?
Sand
Cement
Clay
Silt
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