Chapter 8 Science Study Guide

Match the following

• Geologist

• A scientist who studies what the earth is made of

• Is a non-living, natural substance

• A mineral

• Are made of minerals

• Rocks

What kind of rock is formed from layers of rock and other materials that pile up, stick to each other, and harden over time?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

What kind of rock is formed when magma or lava cools and hardens?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

What kind of rock is formed when heat and pressure are applied to sedimentary or igneous rocks?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Match the type of rock with the examples.

• Shale, sandstone, and limestone

• Igneous Rock

• Granite, basalt, and obsidian

• Metamorphic Rock

• Marble, slate, gneiss

• Sedimentary Rock

Match the following

• height of land rising above sea level

• elevation

• made of rocks,minerals,humus,water, &air

• humus

• the place where the land meets the ocean

• landforms

• features of earth's surface such as lake

• soil

• decaying plant & animal matter

• coastline

Match the examples with the vocabulary word

• crops, pastures, roads

• rocks and minerals
• planting, clay pots, cement

• rivers

• food, water, transportation

• soils

• jewelry, buildings, statues, video games

• plains

People can use ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   in many different ways

• resources
• landforms
• rocks
• humus