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Self Test Rocks, Fossils, Mountains


 


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  • 1) All rocks are made up of one or more



  • 2) The kind of rock formed when melted minerals cool and harden is



  • 3) Rocks formed when older rocks are heated and/or squeezed are called



  • 4) Rocks formed when pieces of rocks, plant and animal matter, or
    dissolved minerals gather into layers are classified as




  • 5) The crystal size in an igneous rock is determined by the rate at
    which the magma in the rock




  • 6) Mud and sand are examples of



  • 7) An organism that once lived on the earth, but is no longer alive is



  • 8) Most fossils are found in



  • 9) Footprints are a kind of fossil called



  • 10) The bodies of wooley mammoths and furry rhinoceroses have been found
    preserved in




  • 11) Three ways in which the entire bodies of organisms are preserved are



  • 12) Graptolites and trilobites are two kinds of



  • 13) Fossil fuels are made up mostly of



  • 14) Peat is the first stage in the formation of



  • 15) The remains or trace of a once-living plant or animal



  • 16) A mineral that contains something that can be useful and sold after
    processing




  • 17) a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite structure and
    composition




  • 18) A rare mineral that can be cut and polished, giving it a beautiful
    appearance




  • 19) A solid that has a repeating pattern of atoms



  • 20) A cavity left behind in the rock after an organism's hard part has
    dissolved.




  • 21) Folding and faulting are caused by



  • 22) Mountains formed when magma rises through the crust are classified as



  • 23) The kind of mountains formed by the upward movements of chunks of the
    earth's crust are




  • 24) Magma that reaches the earth's surface is called



  • 25) The opening through which lava flows from a volcano is a



   


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