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Rocks and Minerals

Granite, marble, quartz and salt: real photos of rocks and minerals to name, plus how rocks are made.

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The questions

  1. 1

    What rock is this?

    • Chalk
    • Granite
    • Marble
    • Sandstone

    Answer: Granite

  2. 2

    What rock is this?

    • Coal
    • Granite
    • Marble
    • Slate

    Answer: Marble

  3. 3

    What is this?

    • Chalk
    • Coal
    • Marble
    • Salt

    Answer: Coal

  4. 4

    What mineral is this?

    • Diamond
    • Ice
    • Quartz
    • Salt

    Answer: Quartz

  5. 5

    What is this?

    • Chalk
    • Coal
    • Pumice
    • Salt

    Answer: Chalk

  6. 6

    What rock is this?

    • Granite
    • Marble
    • Sandstone
    • Slate

    Answer: Sandstone

  7. 7

    What rock is this?

    • Chalk
    • Marble
    • Sandstone
    • Slate

    Answer: Slate

  8. 8

    What is this?

    • Coal
    • Marble
    • Pumice
    • Slate

    Answer: Pumice

  9. 9

    What is this?

    • Coal
    • Ice
    • Marble
    • Obsidian

    Answer: Obsidian

  10. 10

    What mineral is this?

    • Ice
    • Quartz
    • Salt crystals
    • Sugar cubes

    Answer: Salt crystals

  11. 11

    What is this?

    • A coin
    • A crystal
    • A fossil
    • A stone tool

    Answer: A fossil

  12. 12

    What is this?

    • Copper
    • Gold
    • Iron
    • Silver

    Answer: Gold

  13. 13

    What is this?

    • A coconut
    • A crystal ball
    • A geode
    • An egg

    Answer: A geode

  14. 14

    What is this?

    • Bread
    • Eggs
    • Pebbles
    • Sand

    Answer: Pebbles

  15. 15

    What are the three main kinds of rock?

    • Big, small and tiny
    • Hard, soft and medium
    • Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
    • Red, black and white

    Answer: Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

  16. 16

    How is sedimentary rock made?

    • Ice melting
    • Lava cooling down
    • Layers of sand and mud pressed together
    • Trees falling

    Answer: Layers of sand and mud pressed together

  17. 17

    Which rock is made from very hot lava cooling down?

    • Fossil rock, like amber
    • Igneous rock, like basalt
    • Metamorphic rock, like marble
    • Sedimentary rock, like chalk

    Answer: Igneous rock, like basalt

  18. 18

    Which rock do we use to write on a blackboard?

    • Chalk sticks
    • Coal sticks
    • Granite sticks
    • Marble sticks

    Answer: Chalk sticks

  19. 19

    Which black rock do people burn for heat?

    • Lumps of chalk
    • Lumps of coal
    • Lumps of marble
    • Lumps of salt

    Answer: Lumps of coal

  20. 20

    Which famous building in India is made of white marble?

    • Big Ben
    • The Colosseum
    • The Great Wall
    • The Taj Mahal

    Answer: The Taj Mahal

  21. 21

    What do we call a scientist who studies rocks?

    • A biologist
    • A dentist
    • A geologist
    • An astronomer

    Answer: A geologist

  22. 22

    Which is the hardest natural mineral?

    • Diamond
    • Gold
    • Quartz
    • Salt

    Answer: Diamond

  23. 23

    What do we call the rocks with shapes of old plants or animals inside?

    • Crystals
    • Fossils
    • Gems
    • Pebbles

    Answer: Fossils

  24. 24

    Which mineral do we put on our food?

    • Coal
    • Gold
    • Quartz
    • Salt (halite)

    Answer: Salt (halite)