3.1 Vocabulary
Ways People Use Rocks
Rocks & Minerals
100
A naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of minerals.
What is a rock?
100
Rocks are used to build ________ and ________.
What are houses and skyscrapers?
100
A rock composed entirely of the mineral calcite.
What is limestone?
200
A rock that forms when molten rock cools and becomes solid.
What is igneous rock?
200
Rocks are sources of metal, such as _______,______,and ______.
What are iron, aluminum, and copper?
200
A rock that is a natural glass and contains no minerals at all.
What is obsidian?
300
A type of rock that forms as heat and/or pressure causes changes
What are metamorphic rocks?
300
Rocks are used for the carving of _________ and other works of art.
What are statues?
300
A rock that contains no minerals and is made up of the remains of ancient plants that have been buried and pressed into rock.
What is coal?
400
Rocks that form when pieces of older rocks, plants, and other loose materials get pressed or cemented together.
What are sedimentary rocks?
400
Rocks are used a base for pavement when constructing ________ and ________.
What are roads and highways?
400
Minerals are always made from the same _________ in the same proportions, but in rocks the proportions may vary.
What are elements?
500
A set of natural processes that form, change, break down, and re-form rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
500
People value rocks because _________________________.
What are beautiful and long-lasting?
500
A person who studies rocks.
What is a geologist?
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