Geology Quiz

What is compacting?

• When rocks and soil are worn away by wind, water, or ice.

• When pressure squeezes sediments together tightly.

• When magma solidifies and turns into igneous rock.

• When a mineral gives off light like the sun.

What happens during the cooling process in geology?

• Rocks are worn away by wind.

• Magma solidifies and turns into igneous rock.

• Sediments settle at the bottom of water.

• Minerals give off light.

What is erosion?

• The breaking down of rocks by wind, water, or ice.

• The process of rocks changing from one type to another.

• A chemical reaction with oxygen.

• The flow of molten rock from a volcano.

How is hardness defined in minerals?

• How shiny a mineral is.

• How easily a mineral can be scratched.

• How hard or soft a mineral is.

• How a mineral reacts with oxygen.

What is lava?

• Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.

• Molten rock that flows out of a volcano.

• A naturally occurring solid mixture of minerals.

• A chemical reaction with oxygen.

What does luster describe in a mineral?

• How hard a mineral is.

• How shiny a mineral is.

• How a mineral reacts with oxygen.

• How a mineral is formed.

What is magma?

• Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.

• A mountain that erupts with lava.

• A naturally occurring solid mixture of minerals.

• A chemical reaction with oxygen.

What is a mineral?

• A chemical reaction with oxygen.

• A naturally occurring solid substance with a specific chemical makeup.

• A process of rocks changing from one type to another.

• A small piece of rock that settles at the bottom of water.

What is oxidation?

• A process of rocks changing from one type to another.

• A chemical reaction that happens when oxygen combines with another substance.

• The breaking down of rocks by wind, water, or ice.

• The flow of molten rock from a volcano.

What is a rock?

• A naturally occurring solid mixture of minerals and other materials.

• A chemical reaction with oxygen.

• A small piece of rock that settles at the bottom of water.

• A mountain that erupts with lava.