Generation Genius Rocks and Minerals Quiz

What is a mineral?

• A gas with a crystal shape

• A type of rock

• A natural solid with a characteristic crystal shape

• A liquid with a crystal shape

How do minerals form from hot water?

• By evaporating into the air

• By cooling and forming crystals

• By melting into lava

• By freezing into ice

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What are rocks made of?

• Mineral pieces mixed together

• Only one type of mineral

• Only igneous materials

• Water and air

Which type of rock is formed from magma or lava?

• Fossil rock

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

What process transforms sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock?

• Cooling and hardening

• Melting and freezing

• Weathering and erosion

• Heat and pressure

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What is the rock cycle?

• A way to make rocks from minerals

• A series of processes that change rocks from one type to another

• A fixed path rocks follow

• A method to create crystals

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Match the following geological terms with their definitions.

• Layers in sedimentary rock

• Crystals

• Wavy layers in rock

• Strata

• Solid and hard materials in rocks

• Sediments

• Particles of rock and mineral pieces

• Foliation

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What is relative dating?

• A method to find the absolute age of rocks

• A process to estimate the age of fossils using rock layers

• A way to date minerals

• A technique to measure the size of rocks

Metamorphic rocks commonly form at (a)   .

• In the middle of the ocean
• At convergent and transform plate b
• On the surface of the Earth
• At divergent plate boundaries

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(a)   is the formation of metamorphic rocks through direct contact with magma.

• Contact metamorphism
• The process of rocks melting into m
• The erosion of rocks by water
• The cooling of lava on Earth's surf