Science "Rocks" Test Study guide

Question 1

What is the hardest substance of all?

Answer 1

Diamond

Question 2

The molten rock in the mantle?

Answer 2

Magma

Question 3

Pencils contain what substance?

Answer 3

Graphite

Question 4

People that study the earth’s structure are called?

Answer 4

Geologists

Question 5

_______is often used to make chalkboards

Answer 5

Slate

Question 6

Rare, beautiful minerals that are very hard but have not yet been polished are called _______.

Answer 6

Gemstones

Question 7

All minerals form a special kind of solid called ___

Answer 7

crystals

Question 8

A ________is a rocklike object that looks like a mud ball on the outside but is filled with crystals on the inside

Answer 8

Geode

Question 9

What is the most useful metal?

Answer 9

Iron

Question 10

The rarest gemstone (our birthstone)

Answer 10

Rubies

Question 11

_________is an example of a very durable artificial rock

Answer 11

Concrete

Question 12

The only metal that is liquid at room temperature

Answer 12

Mercury

Question 13

A rock that smells like mud

Answer 13

Shale

Question 14

Decaying plant and animal matter is called

Answer 14

Hummus

Question 15

_____is the best conductor of electricity

Answer 15

silver

Question 16

_________ is a lightweight, nonmagnetic rust proof metal

Answer 16

Aluminum

Question 17

Two types of weathering?

Answer 17

Chemical and Physical

Question 18

Oil in it’s natural state is called

Answer 18

Petroleum or crude oil

Question 19

_____are fossils that form when mud buries plant or animal and then quickly hardens around it

Answer 19

Mold

Question 20

An underground spring is called a _____

Answer 20

Geyser

Question 21

A person who explores caves

Answer 21

Spelunker

Question 22

Fossils were most likely formed by

Answer 22

The great Flood

Question 23

Plant and animal remains that have turned to stone are called

Answer 23

Petrified

Question 24

Radioactive metal

Answer 24

Uranium

Question 25

Scientists who study fossils

Answer 25

Paleontologists

Question 26

Category of rocks

Answer 26

1. Granite= igneous
2. Limestone= sedimentary
3. Marble= metamorphic
4. obsidian= igneous
5. pumice= igneous
6. sandstone =sedimentary
7. shale= sedimentary
8. Slate= metamorphic