Rocks and Minerals

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main types of rocks?

• Igneous

• Geologist

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Metamorphic rocks are formed by

• great heat and pressure

• cooling and hardening

• sediments being squeezed together

Igneous rocks are formed

• by great heat and pressure

• when a volcano erupts

• when sediments are squeezed together

Sedimentary rocks are formed

• when a volcano erupts

• by great heat and pressure

• when sediments are squeezed together

What are sediments?

• another name for magma

• a nickname for sedimentary rocks

• many pieces of rock and soil

A geologist is a scientist who studies ____________.

• ocean animals

• ecosystems

• rocks and minerals

• space

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A rock is_______________.

• something found in nature

• made of two or more minerals

• a solid

• all of the above

A mineral is _____________________.

• solid materials made from different kinds of rock

• made from layers of sediments

• a solid matter formed in nature and found in earth's materials (rocks)

• formed from heat of magma

Directions: Read the sentence and determine which category it belongs to.

When it rains sediments are washed away into streams.

• Erosion

• Weathering

Directions: Read the sentence and determine which category it belongs to.

You can classify it as mechanical or chemical.

• Erosion

• Weathering