Rocks Readiness Test
  • 1. Where do volcanoes occur?
A) At the edges of countries
B) At weak spots on Earth's crust
C) Where the mantle pushes through to the surface
D) Where earthquakes happen
  • 2. What material erupts from a volcano?
A) Magma
B) Coral
C) Scoria
D) Lava
  • 3. When lava is hot, it is __________. When it cools down, it becomes _________.
A) solid, liquid
B) gas, liquid
C) liquid, solid
D) gas, solid
  • 4. What is the substance that settles out of a suspension called?
A) Emulsion
B) Medium
C) Sediment
D) Solute
  • 5. Weathering is a process that breaks down rocks. Which of the following lists the three main types of weathering?
A) Chemical, industrial and physical
B) Biological, chemical and physical
C) Biological, industrial and chemical
D) Physical, industrial and biological
  • 6. What is a useful feature in a rock that helps classify it?
A) Texture
B) Size
C) Weight
D) Position
  • 7. If a rock is reheated, what state will it change to?
A) Solid
B) Lava
C) Liquid
D) Igneous
  • 8. Does Australia have a wide range of rock types?
A) Yes, because it’s an old continent, it has had many geological events occur.
B) No, because it’s an old continent and can't form new types of rocks.
C) Yes, because it’s a young continent and hasn’t lost any rock yet.
D) No, because it’s a young continent and hasn’t had time to form new types of rocks.
  • 9. What causes rocks to change their form?
A) Being used in building
B) Being exposed to hot weather
C) Getting compressed by mountains
D) Humans walking over them
  • 10. How are rocks identified?
A) By finding out what minerals the rock is composed of
B) By seeing how the rock erodes
C) By weighing the rock
D) By measuring the entire rock deposit
  • 11. Why don’t all minerals look alike?
A) Some minerals are older than others.
B) Minerals erode at different rates.
C) They are formed in different places.
D) They are formed from a mixture of different compounds.
  • 12. Most minerals could be classified as a _______________.
A) atom
B) mixture
C) particle
D) compound
  • 13. What is the most common metal found in the earth's crust?
A) Aluminium
B) Iron
C) Silicon
D) Oxygen
  • 14. What is a major factor when choosing a new mining site?
A) It should be near a town.
B) If enough ore is found in a single location.
C) Its location relative to an airport.
D) Its location relative to a sea port.
  • 15. Why do we have to dig underground to access some minerals?
A) Because some minerals only form deep underground
B) So that cities do not get disrupted
C) So that ecosystems do not get destroyed
D) So we can get all of the mineral deposits
  • 16. What evidence do paleontologists look for in rocks?
A) Rock formations
B) Volcanoes
C) Dead trees
D) Fossils
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