Minerals
The Rock Cycle
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
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The name of the scale used to measure the hardness of minerals.
What is Moh's hardness scale?
100
The process in the sedimentary rock cycle that holds the individual mineral grains together.
What is cementation?
100
The sedimentary rock that is composed of clay minerals and forms in the bottom of ponds, slow-moving streams of even in mud.
What is shale?
100
The term given to igneous rocks that form beneath Earth's surface.
What is intrusive?
100
This metamorphic rock is often used in roofing because of its ability to split into flat pieces.
What is slate?
200
Minerals that have silicon and oxygen in their makeup.
What are silicates?
200
Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation.
What are steps in the sedimentary rock cycle?
200
Limestone and shale can have many of these.
What are fossils?
200
This is an example of an igneous intrusive rock.
What is granite or gabbro?
200
The banding or layers formed in metamorphic rocks.
What is foliation?
300
The way a mineral looks in powdered form.
What is streak?
300
The process in the rock cycle that moves weathered materials by wind or water.
What is erosion?
300
This type of coal is about 85% CARBON and is common in our area.
What is bituminous?
300
Magma that is dark and composed of heavy minerals.
What is mafic magma?
300
The type of metamorphism that occurs when rock touches a melt body.
What is contact metamorphism?
400
Minerals that have combinations of carbon and oxygen in their chemical structure.
What are carbonates?
400
The most important two things in determining how a rock was formed.
What are composition and texture?
400
This rock forms closest to shore.
What is conglomerate or breccia?
400
Aphanitic or fine-grained igneous cooled at this rate.
What is fast?
400
The type of metamorphism that results when mountains are made.
What is regional metamorphism?
500
The way a mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
500
These are the steps in the metamorphic rock cycle.
What are heat and pressure?
500
This rock would form the farthest from shoreline.
What is chalk or chert?
500
Another name for igneous rocks that have holes where gases escaped during the cooling process.
What is vesicular?
500
The highest grade metamorphic rock.
What is gneiss?
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