Earth Materials

A combination of one or more minerals or organic matter is called a __________.

• Sushi
• Rock
• Mineral
• Sediment

A __________ is a naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes.

• Rock
• Mineral
• Sediment
• Glob

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms are called ___________.

• Sediment
• Shedding
• Minerals
• Fragment

What is the type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface?

• Magma
• Metamorphic
• Igneous
• Sedimentary

What is the type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed or cemented together?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Mixture
• Metamorphic

What is the type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Fossil Fuel

_________ is the look and feel of a rock's surface, determined by the size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grains.

• Sediment
• Texture
• Skin
• Form

__________ are the particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture.

• Texture
• Pebbles
• Grains
• Landscape

___________ is the layer or rock that forms Earth's outer surface.

• Core
• Crust
• Mantle
• Jacket

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core is called the ________.

• Core
• Crust
• Mantle
• Magma