4th Grade Science Vocabulary Test Rocks and Minerals
Contributed by: Foote
(Original author: Reagan)

  • 1. “Fire-made” rock formed from hot, molten rock material
A) Igneous Rock
B) Sedimentary Rock
C) Metamorphic Rock
D) Mineral
  • 2. A hollow fossil form clearly showing the outside features of the organism
A) Imprint
B) Cast
C) Mineral
D) Mold
  • 3. Formed or shaped within a mold
A) Mineral
B) Mold
C) Imprint
D) Cast
  • 4. A process by which rocks are changed from one type into another
A) Cast
B) Relative Age
C) Rock Cycle
D) Mold
  • 5. A naturally occurring substance that is neither plant nor animal
A) Mineral
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Sedimetary Rock
D) Igneous Rock
  • 6. Hardened tree sap, often a source of insect fossils
A) Amber
B) Fossil
C) Imprint
D) Mold
  • 7. Rock that has been changed by heat, by pressure, or both
A) Mineral
B) Igneous Rock
C) Metamorphic Rock
D) Sedimentary Rock
  • 8. Rock formed when bits or layers of rocks are cemented together
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Igneous Rock
D) Rock Cycle
  • 9. A fossil created by a print or impression
A) Imprint
B) Fossil
C) Mold
D) Cast
  • 10. The age of something compared with the age of another thing
A) Imprint
B) Rock Cycle
C) Fossil
D) Relative Age
  • 11. Which statement about rocks in not true?
A) rocks come in different shapes, colors, and sizes.
B) All rocks are made of minerals.
C) A rock is always made up of just one kind of material.
D) Scientists who study the physical properties of rocks are called geologists.
  • 12. In which type of rock are most fossils found?
A) sedimentary rocks
B) metamorphic rocks
C) igneous rocks
D) none of the above
  • 13. What is conglomerate made of?
A) small grains of sand cemented together.
B) pebbles and large grains of sand cemented together.
C) dissolved minerals.
D) shells and skeletons of dead sea animals.
  • 14. What does finding fossil evergreen leaves tell scientists about an area?
A) the area had a moist climate.
B) the warea was once warm.
C) the area was cool.
D) a river once existed there.
  • 15. Which part of an animal's body is less likely to become a fossil?
A) the teeth
B) the bones
C) the skin
D) the shell
  • 16. How are rocks with small grains and fine textures formed?
A) when lava cools quickly as it is exposed to air.
B) when magma cools slowly below the Earth's surface
C) when water and air are squeezed sediment layers.
D) when bits of rock get cemented together.
  • 17. What happens when wood or bones become petrified?
A) They are preserved in tar.
B) they decay slowly and leave a film of carbon.
C) They are frozen in ice.
D) the once-living parts are filled in by minerals.
  • 18. What are three properties used to identify minerals?
A) hardness, streak, age of the mineral
B) hardness, streak, luster
C) hardness, luster, and if you can eat it.
D) streak, size, and if it changed into metamorphic rock or not.
  • 19. In the rock cycle, what stage is missing in the following cycle Metamorphic, _____________ , Sedimentary
A) Granite
B) Basalt
C) Igneous
D) Quartz
  • 20. Igneous Rock goes through Weathering and __________, before turning into sediment and finally into Sedimentary Rock?
A) cooling and hardening
B) erosion
C) cementing of minerals
D) decay
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Answer Key

1.A  2.D  3.D  4.C  5.A  6.A  7.C  8.A  9.A  10.D  
11.C  12.A  13.B  14.C  15.C  16.A  17.D  18.B  19.C  20.B  

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