Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
More rocks
100
A mineral must always be this, meaning it has a definite shape and volume.
What is a Solid?
100
The word igneous comes from the latin word meaning this.
What is Fire?
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed from small pieces of sand, rocks, shells, and leaves called _______________
What is Sediment?
100
Metamorphic rocks are formed by a change in these two things
What is Heat and Pressure?
100
The rock cycle builds, destroys, and changes the rocks in Earth's ____________
What is Crust?
200
All minerals must form from ______________ processes. Meaning it cannot come from living things
What are Inorganic Processes?
200
Igneous rocks that form beneath Earth's surface
What are Intrusive Rocks?
200
Term for the breaking apart of rocks
What is Weathering?
200
Describes Metamorphic rocks that have grains in parallel lines
What is Foliated?
200
Term for the look and feel of a rock's surface
What is Texture?
300
Term for how light is reflected from a mineral's surface
What is Luster?
300
Igneous rocks that cool very quickly usually have this size grains
What is fine-grained, or small grained?
300
Process by which sediment settles in one spot
What is Deposition?
300
The deeper a rock is buried in the crust, the _________ the pressure in on that rock
What is Greater?
300
The 20 minerals that make up most of the rocks on Earth's surface
What are Rock-Forming Minerals?
400
This scale identifies how hard or soft a mineral is.
What is Moh's Hardness Scale?
400
Determines an Igneous rock's color
What is Mineral Composition?
400
Type of Sedimentary rocks formed from once living things
What are Organic Rocks?
400
This metamorphic rock is formed from limestone
What is Marble?
400
Through this process, metamorphic rock can change into magma
What is Melting?
500
Term for the atoms in a mineral lining up in a regular pattern that repeats.
What is Crystal Structure?
500
Igneous rock that is so light that it can float in water
What is Pumice?
500
Type of Sedimentary rocks formed from broken pieces of other rocks
What are Clastic Rocks?
500
Quartzite is formed from this sedimentary rock
What is Sandstone?
500
The collision of these can create mountain ranges
What are Plate Tectonics?
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