4th Grade Rock Types & Minerals

Which of these is a category that can be used to describe rock that has formed after magma cools?

• fossilized

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

Sheila is classifying the rocks in her collection. She knows that limestone often contains fossils. In which category of rock should she classify these rocks?

• igneous

• granite

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Which type of rock is formed from extreme heat and pressure?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• minerals

Which type of rock often has visible grains and could contain fossils?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Seashells and other materials from the ocean, are often compacted into which type of rock?

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• minerals

What conditions inside the Earth will cause rocks to change into metamorphic rocks?

• weathering and erosion

• rocks and minerals

• heat and pressure

• wind and rain

Based on how quickly lava cools, it can create holes in these types of rocks or a smooth, glassy type of which rock?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• fossil

What is the difference between rocks and minerals?

• Rocks are a natural mixture of several kinds of minerals.

• Minerals are organic and rocks are inorganic.

• Rocks form in oceans while minerals form on continents.

• Minerals can be found in the Earth’s crust, but rocks are only found on the surface.

Which of the following is true?

• Minerals can contain rocks.

• Rocks can contain minerals.

Limestone is a Florida resource made from which type of rock?

• sedmimentary

• metamorphic

• minerals

• igneous