Rocks and Minerals

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

• sand castle

• mineral

• plant

What is a solid material that is made up of one or more minerals?

• mineral

• rock

• fossil

• soil

Rocks can be classified by ___________ such as how they are formed, color, visible crystals or minerals, or by patterns.

• magma

• properties

• heat

• minerals

____________ and ____________ change the size of minerals in metamorphic rock.

• minerals and pressure

• properties and minerals

• sediments and heat

• heat and pressure

Some rocks are made of _______________ that have been pressed and cemented together.

• magma

• sediments

• pressure

• heat

Melted material that creates an igneous rock is called ___________.

• magma/lava

• heat

• properties

• minerals

Melted material that creates an igneous rock is called ___________.

• magma/lava

• heat

• properties

• minerals

_______________ rocks are usually made of sediments and form in layers near water.

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Rock that is formed deep inside the earth and changed by heat and pressure is called ________________ rock.

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

The hardest mineral is a_____________________.

• mineral

• stone

• diamond