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