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Minerals Rocks and Landforms 6th Primary Natural ...

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  • How are metamorphic rocks formed?
    Metamorphic rocks are formed with pressure.
  • True or False: Pearls are not minerals.
    True
  • True or False: metamorphic rocks are formed when magma or lava cools down.
    False: Igneous rocks are formed when magma or lava cools down.
  • True or false: turquoise is a mineral.
    true
  • Name a non-silicate mineral.
    For example: gypsum or fluorite
  • Name a silicate mineral.
    For example: feldspar or quartz
  • What are the three types of rocks? classified according to how they are formed
    Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
  • True or False: Minerals are natural, solid, and organic.
    False: minerals are natural solid and INORGANIC
  • True or False: Deposition is the wearing down of rocks and soil by the action of water and wind.
    FALSE: Erosion is the wearing down of rocks and soil by water and wind.
  • Yes or no: can humans be considered geological agents? If yes, provide an example of how.
    YES; hunting, mining, building cities, dam-building, farming, road constructions, production of waste, etc
  • True or False: Earthquakes and thunderstorms are internal geological processes that shape landforms?
    FALSE: Earthquakes and volcanoes are internal geological processes that shape landforms.
  • What is calima?
    Teacher judges answer: Calima is sand or dust from the Sahara which is transported by the wind.
  • What is the difference between minerals and rocks?
    Teacher judges answer: Rocks can contain one or more type of minerals
  • True or False: igneous rocks are formed from fragments of other rocks or parts of dead living things.
    FALSE: Sedimentary rocks are formed from fragments of rocks or parts of dead living things.
  • What is the name of extraction of minerals and rocks from the ground?
    Mining
  • Is chocolate a mineral? Why or why not?
    chocolate is not a mineral, it is not inoraganic or natural
  • Name 3 examples of EXTERNAL geological agents that change the Earth's surface.
    Examples include: surface water, underground water, wind, glaciers, seas, living things, etc
  • What are the two types of mining?
    underground and surface
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