Rocks and Minerals

When wind and rain break down rocks into smaller fragments

A naturally occurring, nonliving solid that has a specific chemical makeup 

rocks are made of several minerals

How do we know about organisms that lived long, long ago?

When sediments or rock fragments are moved by some force of nature it is called

when sediments, or rock fragments, are laid down in a new location

metamorphic rock forms in mountain ranges, under oceans, and near volcanoes

Rock formed when sediments are cemented together

when metamorphic rock is exposed to weathering and erosion, a sedimentary rock will form

metamorphic rock is the only type of rock to contain fossils

Which is a similarity between a rock and a mineral?

What is an example of an igneous rock?

When igneous rock is turned to magma and cools and hardens metamorphic rock is formed

When igneous rock cools underground the crystals are large because the rock cools slowly

Rock that is formed when the remains of past life and sediments are cemented together

sedimentary rock needs heat and pressure to form igneous rock

Rock that forms when high heat and great pressure change an existing rock into a new form

What is an example of a mineral?

What is an example of metamorphic rock?

Rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens

Which of the following is not a mineral property?

formed when minerals combine in regular and distinct patterns

Which of the following processes is not part of the rock cycle?

quartz is the hardest mineral on the Moh's Scale

What is an example of sedimentary rock?

pumice is the only igneous rock that floats

How can you tell the hardness of a mineral?