Exploring Types of Rocks
A Grade 4 science worksheet introducing students to the three main types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic, with questions on their formation and characteristics.
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Exploring Types of Rocks
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Our Earth is made of many different things, and one of the most common is rock! Rocks are solid, natural materials. There are three main types of rocks, and each forms in a different way.
Look at the diagram below to see examples of different rock types.
1. Which type of rock is formed from cooled magma or lava?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Mineral
2. Fossils are most likely to be found in which type of rock?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
All types of rocks
3. Igneous rocks are formed when or lava cools and hardens.
4. Sedimentary rocks are formed from layers of sand, mud, and other sediments that are pressed and cemented together over time. This process is called .
5. Metamorphic rocks are formed when other rocks are changed by extreme heat and .
6. All rocks are the same color and texture.
True
False
7. The rock cycle shows how rocks are continuously changing from one type to another.
True
False
8. Describe one way an igneous rock can change into a sedimentary rock.