Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils Study Guide

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Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils Study Guide

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Use your FOLDABLE and the information below to study for your upcoming Topic Test.

Targets:

·  Understand that rocks are made up of one or more minerals

·  Name and describe the 3 types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks; and know how they are formed

·  Define fossil and match various fossils to the living thing that could have made the fossil.

·  Tell how fossils can help us learn about the past.

Rocks or minerals?

The statements below describe rocks or minerals. Write rocks or minerals on the line in statement to show which the statement describes.

1. ______cannot be broken down any further.

2. All ______are made up of ______.

3. We identify a ______by its color, hardness, or streak test. Some examples are gold, graphite, and diamonds.

4. ______are grouped by how they are formed.

5. To figure out what kind of ______we have collected we describe characteristics like shine, color, and texture. We also talk about the minerals that make it.

Fossils

1. We can learn about living things of long ago by studying ______.

2. Ms. Oliver inferred that the place she found the fossil must have once been a lake. She probably found a fossil of a ______.

3. A fossil is an imprint made by a ______from long ago.

4. This fossil is a ______

SORT the information from the ROCKS INFO BANK into the chart.

ROCKS INFO BANK