Minerals and Rocks Chapter Review

Trace or remains of a living thing that died long ago:

• rock

• fossil

• sedimentary rock

Rock that was once melted and then cooled and hardened

• igneous rock

• mineral

• sedimentary rock

An object that is solid, has never been alive, and was formed in nature

• cast

• fossil

• mineral

A rock formed from material that settled in layers

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

A solid made of one or more minerals

• rock

• mold

• mineral

A rock changed by temperature and pressure

• cast

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

Which tells a way most minerals are identified?

• streak

• beauty

• heat

How are casts different from molds?

• Casts are fossils. Molds are not.

• casts are only found in the mantle

• Casts are materials that fill up a mold

Which could a scientist infer about a place that has fish fossils?

• That place is a sea now.

• The fish did not live in water.

• That place was once a sea.