STRUCTURE
ROCKS
MINERALS
MINERALS II
VOCABULARY
100
It makes up the continents and the shallow areas of oceans
CONTINENTAL CRUST
100
A naturally formed substance that has a mixture of chemical compositions.
ROCK
100
Natural and inorganic substance with a specific chemical composition and ordered atomic arrangement
MINERAL
100
This scale measure the hardness of minerals
MOHS SCALE
100
The way a substance breaks where it is not controlled by a specific plane.
Fracture
200
It is dense and it composed by basalt
OCEANIC CRUST
200
Transitions of rocks through repetitive stages.
ROCK CYCLE
200
This property indicates how much the surface of. A mineral reflects light
LUSTER
200
This type of bond consists of a metal and a non-metal, and is the underlying bond of minerals.
IONIC BONDS
200
The manner in which a mineral reflects light.
LUSTER
300
Consists of the crust and upper mantle.
LITHOSPHERE
300
These rocks are formed by the cooling and the solidification of magma or lava
IGNEOUS ROCKS
300
It is the tendency of a mineral to cleave, or break, along specific planes.
CLEAVAGE
300
A substance that meets 3 out of the 4 criteria of minerals.
MINERALLOIDS
300
Materials consisting of carbon.
ORGANIC MATERIALS
400
Elements that make up the inner core.
IRON AND NICKEL
400
Rocks form from heat and pressure.
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
400
It is a measure of a mineral´s resistance to being scratched
HARDNESS
400
The fracturing of a mineral that is curved.
CONCOIDAL FRACTURE
400
Process used to trace the epicenter of an earthquake.
TRIANGULATION
500
This layer of the Earth is the deep and it is molten
OUTER CORE
500
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SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
500
The four part definition of a mineral.
Naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline solid, definite chemical composition.
500
This is a synonym of the density of a mineral.
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
500
The carrying away of material broken from a specific source.
EROSION