Minerals
Minerals/Resources
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
100

All minerals are made of rocks (T/F)

What is False

100

The slower the magma cools, the ________ the crystals are that form. (larger or smaller)

What is larger.

100
Name the igneous rock that has large crystals surrounded by smaller crystals?
What is porphyry.
100
Name the processes that create sedimentary rocks...
What is weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.
100

Small particles of rock broken down by weathering and erosion

What are sediments.

200
On the Mohs hardness scale, the _______ the number, the harder the mineral.
What is higher.
200

Resources that can be replenished in a human's lifespan

What are renewable resources?

200
Igneous rock that froms from lava on the surface of the Earth is known as....
What is extrusive
200
Cementation is when _________ and ____________ stick together to form sedimentary rocks.
What is minerals and particles.
200
Metamorphic rocks that have thin, flat layers are known as.....
What is foliated.
300

This property is determined by a streak test

What is color

300
How light reflects off a minerals is known as ......
What is luster.
300

What are the two types of igneous rocks?

What are intrusive and extrusive?

300
When weather carries away particles of rock it is known as....
What is erosion.
300
The two main forces that create metamorphic rocks is ________ and _________.
What is heat and pressure.
400

Occurs in nature, and is not mandmade

What is organic

400

Coal, oil--petroleum, natural gas are examples of what?

What are fossil fuels (nonrenewable resources)

400
The process where bits of settlement fall into place is known as....
What is deposition.
400

Any rock can become a sedimentary rock (True/False)

What is true.

400

Metamorphic rocks can become igneous by

What is melting and cooling

500

What characteristic of minerals refers to the unique arrangement of atoms

What is crystalline structure

500

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Name the 5 characteristics that a substance must have to be a mineral.

500
The small bits and piece of material that come from rocks....
What is sediment.
500
When sediment builds up and is pressed together, the process is known as ......
What is compaction.
500
The __________ is a circle that changes rocks from one kind to another.
What is rock cycle.
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