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Minerals
a) are inorganic
b) are crystalline
c) can be just minerals and/or make up rocks
d) all of the above

In which type of rock would you usually find fossils?
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
d) all of the above

Large crystals
a) occur due to slow cooling of magma or lava
b) occur due to rapid cooling of magma or lava
c) are in every rock
d) is a random occurrence

Which law states that oldest rock layers are on the bottom and newer rock layers are on the top?
a) Law of Superposition
b) Law of Thermodynamics
c) Law of Conservation of Mass
d) Law of the Land

What type of fossils allow us to correlate rock layers?
a) index fossils
b) special fossils
c) all fossils
d) correlating fossils

The Rock Cycle
a) Shows the processes to change any type of rock into another rock
b) Shows every change a particular rock went through
c) Helps correlate rock layers
d) Tells us the minerals in a rock

Why are there very few fossils of the oldest organisms that lived on earth?
a) Those organisms were soft-bodied and decomposed
b) Nobody knew how to make fossils back then
c) The fossils were so old they disintegrated
d) There was no water or sediments on Earth back then to make fossils

Which type of rocks may exhibit banding?
a) metamorphic
b) sedimentary
c) igneous
d) all of the above

Why can some rocks, like pumice, float?
a) They are vesicular
b) No rocks can float!
c) They are magic rocks
d) They are made of lots of minerals

Which mineral bubbles with acid?
a) calcite
b) quartz
c) halite
d) gold

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