1. Rocks and Minerals Review for Test

2. A rock is made of at least one kind of ___________. Hint: think about granite

3. When you scratch a mineral, you are testing its _________.

4. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces is _____________.

5. ____________ rock has been changed by temperature and pressure.

6. _______ is the movement of soil or rock by wind or water.

7. Layers of different materials were pressed together to form what type of rock?

8. The color left behind by a mineral when it is rubbed against a rough white or black tile is _______.

9. A __________ is solid, formed in nature, and has never been alive.

10. What scale helps scientists determine a mineral’s property of hardness? talc

11. What type of rock is formed from the following:

12. Is it possible for igneous rock to become metamorphic rock in a few months? Explain.

13. Soils Review for Test

14. Rank in order from smallest to largest the types of soil. 1. 2. 3.

15. What type of soil is found on many farms?

16. What four things make up soil?

17. What type of soil is made up of powdery grains of rock?

18. Fossils Review for Test

19. _________ are the hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

20. Are there more animal fossils than plant fossils? Why?

21. What must happen first for a fossil to form?

22. What can we learn from fossils?