Mineral Groups
This group includes gold, diamond, and silver
What are Native Elements?
The process of minerals forming because magma cools down to form crystals.
Crystallization
This rocky objects is found in a belt between Mars & Jupiter
Asteroid Belt
The universe is still doing this
Expanding
This is the hardest mineral known to man
Diamond
This mineral group includes quartz, feldspar, and mica
What are Silicates
Fast cooling of magma produces _______________ crystals
small
This is a small rock floating in space (with no streak of light)
Meteoroid
Scientists believe that the universe was formed after this happened
The Big Bang
This pulls everything toward it, including light
Black Hole
Table salt is in this mineral group
Halides
This process of minerals forming is when minerals are left behind after ocean (water) dries up
Evaporation
This is a "dirty snow ball" that forms a tail
comet
This type of galaxy is round or oval
Elliptical
This is matter in space that cannot be seen
Dark Matter
This mineral group contains calcite and forms where ancient seas existed.
Carbonates
Slow cooling of magma produces _________________ crystals
large
This is a space rock that lands on earth
Meteorite
The Milky Way is this many light years across
100,000
A light year is defined as this
The distance light travels in one year
Pyrite and galena belong to this mineral group.
Sulfides
This is the process where crystals form when hot volcanic gas hits cooler air, causing the gas to turn directly to solid crystals
Deposition
(although I'll accept sublimation too)
This is a space rock that makes a streak of light when it enters earth's atmosphere
meteor
This is the name for a spinning neutron star
Pulsar
Hollow rock lined with crystals
Geode