minerals

1. You are walking through the Louisiana swamp. Choose the correct answer to follow the right path. Choose the wrong answer and you will fall into the alligator infested waters.

2. The red top layer of an apple is like the ___ or top layer of the earth. c. core b. crust a. mantle

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4. Watch this picture and tell what it describes. c. Transform boundary b. Divergent boundary a. Convergent boundary

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6. The middle of an apple is like the middle of the earth called the __. c. mantle b. core a. crust

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8. Watch this picture, it shows a ____. c. A river b. Divergent boundary a. Convergent boundary

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10. Watch this and then pick what boundary it describes. c. b. Convergent boundary a. Divergent boundary

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12. The type of rock that is like a transformer because it changes from one type of rock to another such as slate is ---. c. Igneus rock b. Sedimentary rock a. Metamorphic rock

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14. Rocks, such as coal, that are formed from rocks sticking together are---. c. Metamorphic rocks b. Igneus rocks a. Sedimentary rocks

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16. Rocks made from molten material such as granite are --. c. Sedimentary rocks. b. Metamorphic rocks a. Igneus rocks

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18. When a mineral splits evenly, it is called ___. c. Cleavage b. luster a. shatter

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20. __ is when a mineral does not break evenly or it shatters. c. cleavage b. luster a. fracture

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22. Determining if a mineral shines is a characteristic of a mineral called __. c. luster b. color a. magnetism

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24. Alfred Wegener said that the continents were once one large mass, but drifted apart due to earthquakes and floods and called it ___. c. Continental divide b. Continental drift a. technotronics

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26. Similar plants, animals, and fossils in different continents give proof of the __. c. Continental drift b. tsuanami a. Rock theory

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28. The __ crust is thickest. c. ocean b . continental a. bread

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30. The continental drift was caused by the lithosphere splitting into pieces called: c. Tectonic plates b. Oceanic plates a. Dinner plates

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32. The __ of plate boundaries as likely areas of earthquakes and volcanic actions. c. center b. edges a. middle

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34. ____ is the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other. c. Richter scale b. Surface tension a. Fault

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36. A diamond is a 10 on the ___. c. Tuff scale b. Mohl scale a. Diamond scale

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38. What scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake? c. earthquake scale b. the Richter scale a. balance

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40. Rocks are a mixture of ___. c. minerals b. clay a. cement

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42. Fill in the ??. ???? c. rock b. sediment a. magma

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44. Fill in the ???. ???? c. Correct 46 b. a. c . Metamorphic rock b . Sedimentary rock a. Igneus rock

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46. question Fill in the blank. ???? c. Correct 48 b. a. c. Sedimentary rock b. Igneus rock a. Metamorphic rock

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48. Fill in the blank. ???? c. Correct 46 b. a. c . Metamorphic rock b. sediment a. magma

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50. Fill in the blank. ???? c. Correct 46 b. a. c. Metamorphic rock b. sediment a. Igneus rock

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52. Weathering and erosion lead to sedimentary rock because __. c. Both are correct. b. Erosion moves the sediment. a. Weathering breaks rocks into sediment.

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