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