Science Chapter 5 Vocab

natural, solid living, nonliving material made from one or more minerals 

• rock
• mineral
• soil

rock that forms when sediments are pressed together and cemented 

• fossil
• sedimentary rock 
• metamorphic rock 

natural material that forms from nonliving matter 

• soil 
• rock 
• mineral

rock that forms when existing rock is changed by heat and pressure 

• metamorphic rock 
• rock 
• mineral

rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens 

• mineral
• igneous rock 
• rock 

the layer of loose material that covers Earth's land 

• mineral
• rock 
• soil

no longer lives on Earth 

• extinct
• fossil
• rock 

soil that contains a mixture of humus and mineral materials of sand, silt, and clay 

• rock 
• loam
• mineral 

any process that breaks rock into smaller pieces 

• soil 
• loam
• weathering

remains or mark of a living thing from long ago 

• rock
• fossil 
• extinct