Twenty Questions

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Twenty Questions

• Subject Science

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Twenty Questions
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1. What is a solid material made up of one or
more minerals?

• rock

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2. Which type of igneous rock forms when melted
rock cools quickly at the Earths surface?

• obsidian

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3. Name 3 examples of igneous rock.

• Granite, basalt, obsidian

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4. Molten rock becomes igneous rock when molten
rock

• cools and hardens

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5. Stone Mountain is the worlds largest piece
of granite. What type of rock is granite?

• igneous

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6. Which type of rock forms when sand, particles
of rock, bits of soil, and bits of once living
things are pressed together and harden?

• Sedimentary rock

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7. Which type of rock forms when existing rocks
are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals
beneath the Earths surface?

• Metamorphic rock

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8. What type of rock is limestone?

• Sedimentary rock

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9. Gneiss, is what type of rock?

• metamorphic

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10. Sand, bits of rock, and the remains of once
living things are called

• sediment

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11. What are the three types of rock?

• Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

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12. Name two examples of metamorphic rock.

• Gneiss and Marble

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13. Which mineral is the hardest?

• diamond

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14. Which mineral is the softest?

• talc

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15. Which property tells you how easily a
mineral can be scratched?

• hardness

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16. What are three examples of sedimentary rock?

• Conglomerate, limestone, shale

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17. What is the name of the scientist who
studies rocks and minerals?

• geologist

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18. The color of a mineral when it is grounded
to a powder is called its

• streak

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19. If a mineral splits easily along flat
surfaces, it is said to have

• cleavage

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20. What type of mineral is shiny and reflects
light the way a metal does?

• Metallic mineral