VOCAB -- Minerals, Rocks, and Soil

VOCAB -- Minerals, Rocks, and Soil

Mineral

A solid nonliving substance found in nature

Multiple Choice

A mineral is a ______ and _______ found in nature

• soft and living

• solid and nonliving

Rock

A nonliving material made of one or more minerals

Multiple Choice

Rocks are are made up of what?

• Minerals

• Plants

Igneous Rock

A rock that forms when melted rocks cool and hardens

Sediment

Tiny bites of weathered rock or once-living animals and plants

Sedimentary Rock

A kind of rock that forms from layers of sediment

Metamorphic Rock

A rock that has been changed by heating and squeezing

Soil

A mixture of minerals, weathered rocks, and decayed plant and animal matter

Humus

Decayed plant and animal material in soil

Natural Resource

A material on Earth that is necessary or useful to people

Multiple Choice

A natural resource is a material that is

• unnecessary and useless

• necessary and useful