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