4th Grade Ch 2 Earth Science Vocab Quiz

_________________ is a solid nonliving material that forms in nature.

• Property

• Grains

• Mineral

__________________ are small mineral or rock pieces.

• Property

• Grains

• Minerals

• Sediments

____________________ is something about an object that you can observe with your senses.

• Minerals

• Properties

• Grains

• Atoms

_____________________is a rock that has been changed by heat or pressure.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sediments

___________________________ is rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sediments

________________________ is a rock that forms when small pieces of rock and other materials settle and get squeezed or cemented together.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sediments

Many _________________ can be found in the Earth's surface.

• Colors

• Flowers

• Minerals

The ____________________ in many rocks can be easily seen.

• Properties

• Hardness

• Grains

• Minerals

________________________ can be easily formed when desert sands settle and forms into sandstones.

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

As lava cools and hardens, it forms a type of_________________________.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock