Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary

What is the middle layer called?

• crust

• mantle

• outer crust

• inner crust

What is the breaking down of rocks into tiny pieces called? (it is caused by wind, water, other rocks)

• erosion

• sedimentary rocks

• weathering

• minerals

What kind of rock forms from hardened layers of SEDIMENT?

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

What is the 3rd layer of the Earth that is magnetic and hot?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

What type of rock forms when other rocks are heated and squeezed deep underground?

• Igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

What is solid material is found in nature that has never been alive?

• Crystals

• Minerals

• crust

• Igneous rocks

What is the last layer of solid rock on Earth called?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

What is weathered material that is moved from 1 place to another?

• Erosion

• weathering

• inner core

• igneous rock

What type of rock forms when other rock cools and hardens?

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

What is the rocky layer on the outside of Earth called?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core