Minerals
Rocks
Fossils
Vocabulary
Mix/Match
100
A solid, formed in nature, and has never been alive.
What is a mineral
100
Earth is made mostly of this.
What is rocks
100
A trace or the remains of a living thing that died a long time ago.
What is a fossil
100
Rock that was once melted and then cooled and hardened.
What is igneous rock
100
A scale used to measure the hardness of minerals.
What is the Mohs Scale
200
Minerals can be found in this.
What is the food you eat.
200
Earth has this many layers.
What is 3
200
Three kinds of fossils are...
What is imprint, cast, and, mold.
200
Layers of earth are sueezed together until they form this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock
200
The softest mineral on the Mohs Scale would be this number.
What is 1
300
This is how minerals are identified.
What is hardness, color, and streak
300
Rock is made of this.
What is minerals
300
Most fossils are found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary.
300
Rock that has been changed by temperature and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock.
300
Wind and water break down all kinds of rocks to form this.
What is sedimentary rock
400
This is one of the most common minerals.
What is quartz
400
These are the three types of rocks.
What is sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous
400
Fossils can tell scientists this.
What is what a place was like long ago.
400
If an object is solid, formed in nature, and has never been alive, it is likely to be this.
What is a mineral
400
This rock can be used to make statues and counter tops.
What is granite or marble.
500
A mineral with a hardness of 10 on the Mohs Scale.
What is a diamond
500
This type of rock is formed by the lava from a volcano.
What is igneous
500
The shapes of fossil teeth can tell a scientist this.
What is the kind of foods animals ate.
500
The process of rocks changing from one kind to another is called this.
What is the rock cycle
500
This type of fossil is formed when mud or minerals fill a mold.
What is a cast
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