Earth Science Quiz

Hard pieces of the earth's surface are called

• Fossils

• Rocks

• Minerals

Any part or mark of a living thing that is naturally persevered after it dies is called

• Fossil

• Rock

• Mineral

Solid materials in nature that were never alive are called

• Fossils

• Minerals

• Humus

Plants grow in the

• Topsoil

• Subsoil

• Bedrock

Solid unbroken rock is called

• Topsoil

• Subsoil

• Bedrock

The remains of living things that have died and decayed are called

• Minerals

• Plants

• Humus

An opening in the earth that allows hot, melted rock to come to the surface.

• Volcano
• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

_____ forms when hot, melted rock cools.

• Igneous rock
• volcano

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

_____ forms when layers of sediment are pressed together and harden.

• volcano

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

_____ forms when other rocks are changed by great heat and pressure.

• volcano

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock