Rocks and Minerals

A __________ is a natural, nonliving substance that makes up rocks. 

• Sedimentary rock
• Igneous Rock
• Mineral
• Sediment

When inside a volcano, the hot liquid that can cool to form rocks is called __________.

• lava
• magma
• extrusive
• liquid goo

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

• minerals
• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic

Emily was looking at a rock and saw tiny crystals.  Emily should know that all rocks are made up of _____.

• diamonds
• minerals
• fossils
• dirt

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral
• rock
• fossil
• soil

In order for a metamorphic rock to form, _______ is needed.

• Pressure
• Heat 
• Heat and Pressure
• Weathering

This rock used to be the bottom of an ocean millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

Lava is found...

• after a volcano erupts.

• on the inside of a volcano.

• both inside and outside a volcano.

What is the hardest mineral?

• graphite

• fluorite

• diamond

• gypsum

This type of rocks is made up of layers that are cemented together.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary