Rocks & Minerals

What type of rock forms from cementation and compaction close to or on earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

What is the geological process by which rocks are formed, destroyed, or altered?

• continental drift
• plate tectonics
• water cycle
• rock cycle

Which of the following is a physical property of minerals?

• luster
• reactivity
• oxidation
• flammability

Which of the following is a chemical property of minerals?

• color
• hardness
• reactivity
• luster

Which box is more dense?

• box B
• neither
• box A
• both have the same density

Which type of rock is most likely to be the most dense (most tightly packed particles and therefore heaviest)?

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• extrusive igneous
• all have the same density

Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock?  (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)

• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

This is a real picture of a warm climate plant that was found in Antarctica.  What can be concluded about Antarctica's climate based on this finding?

• Antarctica hasn't always been as cold as it is now.
• Antarctica has always been cold.
• Antarctica has always been warm.
• Antarctica has never changed.