5th Grade Science Ch. 4
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Scientist who studies the earth? | geologist
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| Scientist who studies minerals? | mineralologists
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| People who explore caves? | spelunkers
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| Hardest substance of all? | diamond
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| The rarest gemstone? | ruby
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| Most useful metal? | iron
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| Only metal that stays liquid at room temperature? | mercury
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| Metal that is the best conductor of electricity? | silver
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| Animal and plant matter that has decayed in the soil? | humus
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| What is the molten rock inside the earth's mantle? | magma
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| An artificial rock that is very durable? | concrete
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| Which rock is used to make chalkboards? | slate
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| Material used as lead in pencils? | graphite
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| Rock that smells like mud when wet? | shale
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| Underground springs that shoot steam and extremely hot water into the air? | geyser
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| Which metal is radioactive? | uranium
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| What is oil called in its natural state? | petroleum
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| Which metal is lightweight, nonmagnetic, and rustprrof? | aluminum
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| All minerals form a special kind of soild called? | crystal
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| What are the hard minerals that are rare and beautiful, but have not yet been polished? | gemstones
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| What do you call plant and animal remains that have turned to stone? | petrified fossils
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| What are scientists who study fossils called? | paleontologists
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| When were most of the fossils probably formed? | flood of Noah
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| What kind of fossil is formed when mud buries a plant or animal suddenly and then the mud quickly hardens around it? | mold fossils
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| An igneous rock like volcanic glass? | obsidian
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| A sedimentary rock made of sand? | sandstone
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| A metamorphic rock that changed from limestone? | marble
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| A sedimentary rock made from bones and seashells? | limestone
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| An igneous rock that contains minerals of different colors? | granite
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| A metamorphic rock that was changed from shale? | slate
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| A sedimentary rock that smells like mud when it is wet? | shale
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| An igneous rock made from hardened lava foam? | pumice
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| An igneous rock? | basalt
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| Which type of weathering occurs when natural acids slowly eat into a rock,breaking it down? | chemical
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| Which type of weathering involves water and other natural elements breaking down rocks? | physical
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| The outermost layer of the earth? | crust
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| The middle layer of the earth? | mantle
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| The innermost region of the earth? | core
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| What is the inner core made of? | solid metals
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| What is the outer core made of? | liquid metals
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| What is the process by which new soil is formed as rocks crumble and break into smaller pieces? | weathering
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| Any trace of a plant or animal left in a rock is called a? | fossil
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