Vocabulary Quiz Review over Rocks & Minerals

A solid, naturally formed substance that always has the same composition and the same properties.

• Mineral

• Rock

A naturally formed combination of minerals and other natural materials.

• Minerals

• Rocks

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A molecule that is made of one or more atoms of different elements.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Compound

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Rock formed from magma or lava.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Rock formed from compacted sediment.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

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Rock formed from existing rock; heat and pressure cause the minerals to form new combinations or new crystals.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Molten rock within Earth.

• Magma

• Strata

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Layers of sedimentary rock.

• Magma

• Strata

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__________________ is the continuous process of change in which new rocks are formed from old rock materials.

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