Test 4 Chapter 4

Question 1

The molten rock in the earth’s mantle called?

Answer 1

magma

Question 2

Decaying plant & animal material in the soil

Answer 2

humus

Question 3

A material that is a very durable, artificial rock?

Answer 3

concrete

Question 4

Shmells (smells) like mood (mud) when wet

Answer 4

shale.

Question 5

A rock that is often used to make chalkboards

Answer 5

slate

Question 6

what material is used in pencils instead ‘o’ lead

Answer 6

graphite

Question 7

A person who studies minerals

Answer 7

mineralogist

Question 8

The hardest substance of all

Answer 8

diamond

Question 9

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

Answer 9

geode

Question 10

Our most useful metal

Answer 10

iron

Question 11

The rarest gemstone

Answer 11

ruby

Question 12

The only metal that is a liquid at room temperature

Answer 12

mercury

Question 13

the best conductor of electricity

Answer 13

silver

Question 14

All minerals form a special kind of solid called a

Answer 14

Crystal

Question 15

A radioactive metal used as a source for nuclear power

Answer 15

Uranium

Question 16

A lightweight, nonmagnetic, rustproof metal is ______

Answer 16

Aluminum

Question 17

A scientist who studies the structure of the earth ball is

Answer 17

Geologist

Question 18

The two types of weathering is _____

Answer 18

Chemical and physical.

Question 19

Oil in its natural state is

Answer 19

Crude oil or petroleum.

Question 20

rare, beautiful minerals that are hard, but haven’t yet been polished are

Answer 20

GEMSTONES MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Question 21

UNDERGROUND STREam that shoots boiling wATER

Answer 21

GEYser

Question 22

a person who explores cAVES

Answer 22

splunker

Question 23

igneous rocks

Answer 23

granite, pumice, obsidian

Question 24

metamorphic rock

Answer 24

slate marble

Question 25

sedimentary rock

Answer 25

limestone sandstone shale

Question 26

plant & animal remains that have been reserved

Answer 26

petrified fossils

Question 27

fossils that form when mud buries a plant or animal and quickly hardens

Answer 27

mold fossils

Question 28

Dewds (scientists) who study fossils

Answer 28

paleontologists

Question 29

most fossils were probably formed during:

Answer 29

Noah’s ark’s flood