U5W1 Story Quiz (Rocks and Fossils)

What are the two most common elements in Earth’s crust?

• oxygen and silicon

• silicon and nitrogen

• hydrogen and oxygen

• nitrogen and hydrogen

Which sentence best describes the relationship between rocks and minerals?

• Minerals are harder forms of rock.

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  Rocks are usually made of minerals.

• Rocks are minerals that form in Earth’s crust.

• Minerals are rocks that can be cut and polished.

What are the three basic types of rock?

• extrusive, intrusive, and clastic

• 
  crystals, gemstones, and minerals

• limestone, stalactites, and stalagmites

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  igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

The process of old rocks breaking down and new rocks being created is known as the rock —

• cycle

• 
  erosion

• foliation

• deposition

What is a layer of rock called?

• strata

• magma

• mineral

• sediment

What are Gemstones?

• Stalactites and stalagmites

• Strata

• Minerals that can be cut and polished

• Nonmineral rocks

Most of earth crust is made up of what kind of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

What type of igneous rock is intrusive?

• When magma cools slowly

• When magma cools quickly

• Magma inside the earth

• Sedimentary

Which are all types of sedimentary rocks?

• Clastic, chemical, organic

• Clastic, extrusive, intrusive

• Basalt, chemical, organic

What is foliation?

• Parallel stripes or flat sheets of rocks

• Non-parallel stripes in rocks

• Blocks of rocks