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Grade 6 Rocks
What geological processes change pieces of rocks, minerals, and other materials into sedimentary rock?
  1. Cooling
  2. Heat and pressure
  3. Compacting and cementing
  4. Melting
Grade 6 Rocks
This type of rock is often formed in layers.
  1. Sedimentary Rocks
  2. Igneous Rocks
  3. Metamorphic Rocks
Grade 6 Earth's Layers
The diagram shows the layers of Earth.

Layers Of The Earth

Which of the following best describes layer B?
  1. solid rock
  2. solid metal
  3. liquid and solid rock
  4. liquid and solid metal
Grade 6 Earth's Layers
Which layer of Earth has the most influence on Earth's magnetic field?
  1. crust
  2. mantle
  3. outer core
  4. inner core
Grade 6 Rocks
Rocks formed when other rocks are changed by heat and pressure are classified as
  1. sedimentary rock.
  2. igneous rock.
  3. metamorphic rock.
Grade 6 Earth's Layers
What is the hottest layer of the Earth?
  1. Crust
  2. Mantle
  3. Inner Core
  4. Outer Core
Grade 6 Soil
What is soil made of?
  1. Air and water.
  2. Dead plants and animals.
  3. Weathered rocks and minerals.
  4. All of the above.
Grade 6 Earth's Layers
What parts make up the solid Earth?
  1. Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere
  2. Inner Core, Mantle, Crust
  3. Hemisphere, Latitude, Longitude
  4. Outer Core, Magma, Lava
Grade 6 Minerals
A nail can scratch quartz.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Rocks
Which type of rock is crystallized from melted rock?
  1. sedimentary
  2. igneous
  3. metamorphic
  4. chemical
Grade 6 Tectonics
The theory that Earth's upper layer is divided into plates that are moving at a slow and steady speed.
  1. subduction
  2. plate tectonics
  3. deep-ocean trenches
  4. seafloor spreading
Grade 6 Geomorphology
Which of these terms describes the process of acid rain wearing away limestone?
  1. cryptic erosion
  2. chemical weathering
  3. cryptobiotic weathering
  4. chemical erosion
Grade 6 Tectonics
The currents responsible for making the lithosphere move are called
  1. seafloor spreading.
  2. conduction currents.
  3. convection currents.
Grade 6 Earth's Layers
Most magma forms in                   .
  1. continental crust.
  2. the lithosphere.
  3. the asthenosphere.
  4. ocean crust.
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