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86 Geology Questions for You to Enjoy Allanite Long

Do you wish you were a little boulder during the science portion of your local pub’s trivia night? Are you tired of being a stone’s throw away from victory? Then it’s time to polish your rock, mineral, and gem knowledge to a beautiful luster with these geology trivia questions and answers. Ready to get down to bismuth? Of quartz you are. 

When it comes to the study of earth, seis does matter, and this geology quiz delivers a motherlode of rock, gem, and mineral questions that leave no stone unturned. We suggest grabbing a snack– preferably a pome-granite– and leaving your quarries behind. 

After you’ve impressed all your friends with your mad mineral skills, take a refresher course on other science topics like our chemistry quiz, physics questions, or space trivia quiz. After all, igneous is bliss, but knowledge is power. 

Rocks are broken down by the elements by what gradual process?

Weathering

Burning

Dissolution

Longshore drift

What name is given to a volcano that is made up of layers of volcanic ash and that has a steep, conical shape?

Cinder volcano

Fissure volcano

Composite volcano

Shield volcano

Moonstone is a pearly variety of which of these rocks?

Feldspar

Quartz

Limestone

Chalk

Which name is given to a form of rich soil?

Gravel

Loam

Cement

Snow

Which color indicates that soil is rich in organic matter?

Yellow

Black

Red

Brown

Columbia is the capital of which American state?

North Carolina

South Dakota

West Virginia

South Carolina

What word is used to describe the energy obtained from the Earth’s interior?

Nuclear energy

Gravitational Energy

Geothermal energy

Centrifugal force

In what sort of rock do most caves occur?

Sandstone

Limestone

Chalk

Lava

What color is the distinctive lapis lazuli gemstone?

Yellow

Clear

Blue

Red

What type of rock is cooled lava from a volcano?

Fossil

Metamorphic

Igneous

Sedimentary

What is the name of the molten rock that is found deep inside volcanoes?

Magna

Magnum

Magma

Magners

In maritime navigation, what name is given to an area of rocks just below the surface of the sea?

Reef

Sill

Row

Race

In science, what ‘L’ is a type of fertile soil consisting of sand, silt, clay, and organic material?

Lexagon

Larvikite

Lime

Loam

The mineral ‘galena’ is the most important source of which metal?

Iron

Lead

Tin

Copper

What type of rocks form when hot, liquid rock from deep in the earth cools and becomes solid?

Metamorphic

Igneous

Sedimentary

Fossil

What abrasive rock is produced by gases frothing in volcanic lava?

Granite

Nacre

Pumice

Coal

Growing plants without soil is called what?

Steroponics

Hydroponics

Microponics

Radioponic

Which rock consists of quartz, feldspar and mica crystals?

Chalk

Pumice

Marble

Granite

What do biostratigraphers do?

Study soil

Research fossils

Analyze rock samples

Study Oil patterns

On which continent is the Great Rift Valley?

Europe

South America

Africa

Australasia

Which two colors make up the naturally occurring gemstone known as ‘watermelon tourmaline’?

Yellow and purple

Black and white

Green and pink

Blue and orange

Which of these is NOT a cause of erosion of rocks and soil?

Water

Gravity

Wind

Fire

Which tectonic plate lies between the Pacific Plate and the South American Plate?

Mizca Plate

Rozca Plate

Cuzca Plate

Nazca Plate

Which gemstone can be blue, orange, yellow or colorless?

Amethyst

Topaz

Ruby

Sapphire

What name is given to the scale of hardness of minerals on which Talc registers 1 and Diamond registers 10?

Moh’s Scale

Doppler Effect

Ohm’s Law

Moore’s Law

After two defeats, which European Ryder Cup captain bounced back in 1995 with a memorable victory on US soil?

Tony Jacklin

Seve Ballesteros

Bernard Gallacher

Sam Torrance

What is the name of the study of rocks and the earth’s crust?

Speliology

Geology

Biology

Astronomy

Which of these is a precious stone?

Graphite

Diamond

Colgate

Malachite

Which of these is a taiga soil?

Podsol

Top soil

Humus

Litter

What term is used for the part of the soil that is always frozen in cold climates?

Rain

Snow drift

Dry ice

Permafrost

What do you call a person who studies rocks?

Thermologist

Geographer

Rockologist

Geologist

What color is the gemstone ‘peridot’?

Green

White

Red

Yellow

Which two elements make up the greater part of the Earth’s inner core?

Silicon and silver

Mercury and carbon

Copper and lead

Iron and nickel

The gemstones rhodochrosite and almandine are always shades of which color?

Green

Pink

Blue

Yelow

The word geology orginates from which language?

French

Greek

Dutch

Italian

Which of these soil types does NOT contain any rock particles?

Chalky

Sandy

Clay

Peat

Which country in the North Atlantic ocean is built entirely of volcanic rocks?

France

Ireland

Iceland

Greece

How many times have Brazil won the World Cup on European soil?

Once

Four times

Twice

Five times

What name is given to the wearing away of rocks and soil?

Climate change

Extraction

Corruption

Erosion

In geology, what are the distinct layers into which sedimentary rocks are divided?

Streaks

Streak

Strata

Strakes

Which of these rocks is the hardest?

Sandstone

Chalk

Granite

Slate

What name is given to the useless stony minerals that occur with a metallic ore?

Gangue

Tangue

Sangue

Dangue

When studying rocks and soils, which of these could you use to separate small particles from bigger ones?

Sieve

Scales

Spring

Magnet

By mass, which element makes up 26 per cent of the Earth’s crust?

Aluminium

Silicon

Oxygen

Carbon

In 1587, who was the first child born to English parents on American soil?

Virginia Dame

Virginia Date

Virginia Dane

Virginia Dare

What color is the peridot stone?

Clear

Blue

Green

Red

Which of these does not drain as well as the others?

Clay soil

Sand

Chalk soil

Pebbles

By mass, which of these elements is the second most common element on Earth ?

Carbon

Oxygen

Silicon

Aluminium

Columbus is the state capital of which U.S.A. state?

Ohio

New York

Texas

Alaska

Rocks emit which kind of radiation?

Delta

Gamma

Alpha

Beta

By mass, which gas is most common in the compounds that make up the Earth’s Crust?

Oxygen

Chlorine

Hydrogen

Nitrogen

How much more powerful is an earthquake that measures 6 on the Richter scale than one that measures 5?

x 6

x 20

x 10

x 1.2

Amorphous means what in the world in geology?

Rigid

Gas

Oil

Without shape

Where would you find the extinct volcano, Olympus Mons?

Mars

Venus

Moon

Saturn

What is the name for dark volcanic glass?

Obsidian

Brimstone

Amber

Sulphur

What color is the gemstone ‘jet’?

Black

Red

White

Purple

What name is given to molten rocks thrown out by a volcano?

Keystone

Granite

Hailstone

Lava

What stone is only mined in Mount Kilimanjaro?

Tanzanite

Red Diamonds

Benitoite

Poudretteite

Which of these processes is responsible for America’s Monument Valley?

Tornado

Meteor landing

Erosion

Earthquake

After oxygen and silicon, by mass, what is the most abundant element in the Earth’s Crust?

Iron

Aluminum

Calcium

Tin

Soil below the surface of a tundra that remains frozen permanently is called what?

Conice

Alwacold

Everfreeze

Permafrost

Which of these types of coal occurs deepest in the ground?

Lignite

Bituminous coal

Anthracite

Sub-bituminous coal

What sort of rock makes up the walls of the Grand Canyon?

Igneous

Metamorphic

Fossil

Sedimentary

Which rock forms the greater part of the White Cliffs of Dover?

Marble

Limestone

Talc

Chalk

Which is the only type of rock that floats?

Ruby

Marble

Pumice

Granite

What is the name of the cells which take up water from the soil?

Root eye cells

Root nail cells

Root hair cells

Root toe cells

Which country produced almost all known diamonds until 1725?

India

Brazil

Persia

South Africa

Sapphire is usually which color?

White

Green

Red

Blue

A break in the sequence of sedimentary rocks, usually seen as an eroded surface, is called… what?

Orphan layer

Summer

Unconformity

Erratic

Which of these increases the nitrogen compounds in soil?

Hurricanes

Earthquakes

Frost

Lightening

Which of these planets is made up of gas rather than rocks?

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

In the earth’s structure, what is the name for the sharp boundary between the crust and the mantle?

Habo

Javo

Gamo

Moho

Which of these rocks is hard and impermeable?

Sandstone

Marble

Clay

Chalk

The mineral ‘cubic zirconium’ can be cut and polished to look like which precious stone?

Ruby

Emerald

Sapphire

Diamond

What name is given to any naturally occurring chemical found in the Earth?

Mineral

Metamorphic rock

Fossil fuel

Ore

What is the name given to the ancient remains of living things preserved in rocks?

Soil

Crystals

Fossils

Stalagmites

What piece of equipment is used to break up clods of soil and to cover seeds after sowing?

Sickle

Farrow

Plough

Harrow

What name is given to the semi-molten rock found in the Earth’s mantle?

Magners

Magenta

Magnum

Magma

What sort of stone is the Derbyshire gorge, Dovedale, formed out of?

Chalk

Sandstone

Granite

Limestone

Which geographical feature can consist of vents, side pipes and a magma chamber?

Geyser

Tectonic plate

Rift valley

Volcano

What element makes up most of the weight of water and about half the weight of most rocks?

Hydrogen

Carbon

Oxygen

Quartz

By mass, what percentage of the Earth’s crust is made up of just 8 elements?

0.75

0.92

0.87

0.98

Which of these is the name of a type of soil?

Foam

Roam

Loam

Soam

The soil type in deciduous woodlands is what?

Brown soil

Pink soil

Yellow soil

Green soil

Earthworms in the soil help to do what?

Take the nutrients

Remove nutrients

Mix the nutrient

Loose nutrients

Petrology is the study of rocks from which perspective?

Thermal

Theoretical

Biological

Chemical

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