Rocks, Minerals, and Soil

Limestone and slate are igneous rocks

• True

• False

A type of rock forms when magma cools and turns into a solid rock

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

A sedimentary rock forms from ribbons of different sand.

• Limestone

• Sandstone

• Conglomerate

………………….. is a mixture of rock particles, air, water, and decomposing matter.

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous

• Soil

……………….. is how easily a mineral can be scratched.

• Luster

• Streak

• Hardness

………. is when a mineral breaks along a smooth, flat surface.

• Streak

• Topsoil

• Cleavage

…………. Is how the surface of the mineral reflects light

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

………….. is the softest mineral.

• Diamond

• Talc

• Quartz

………………. means that rock changes from one kind to another kind

• Limestone

• Rock cycle

• Conglomerate

By great heat and pressure, Limestone changes to ………….

• Slate

• Shale

• Marble