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Rocks and Minerals.

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  • True or false: Quartz is soft.
    FALSE
  • What type of rock forms from cooled lava outside the volcano?
    IGNEOUS ROCK
  • Fill in the blank: A diamond is very __________ (hard or soft?).
    HARD
  • If a mineral has a cube form, what property are we describing?
    SHAPE
  • Which rock type can have fossils inside?
    SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
  • Which layer is made of solid rock?
    CRUST
  • What type of rock forms under heat and pressure?
    METAMORPHIC ROCK
  • What property describes how a mineral shines?
    LUSTRE
  • Fill in the blank: Metamorphic rocks change because of heat and __________.
    PRESSURE
  • True or false: Sedimentary rocks are formed from layers.
    TRUE
  • True or false: Hardness tells us how easily a mineral can be scratched.
    TRUE
  • Name the three layers of the Earth.
    CRUST, MANTLE AND CORE.
  • True or false: Basalt is a type of sedimentary rocks.
    FALSE. It is igneous.
  • What is the inside part of the Earth called?
    CORE
  • What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
    CRUST
  • Which property could be metallic or glassy?
    LUSTRE
  • True or false: The mantle is the hotter than the crust.
    TRUE
  • Which property describes the color of a mineral?
    COLOUR
  • What type of rock forms when magma cools?
    IGNEOUS ROCK.
  • True or false: All minerals have the same hardness.
    FALSE
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