Rocks
Minerals
Rock Cycle
Classifying
Types of Rocks
100
Metamorphic Rock
What is a rock that is formed by heat and pressure?
100
Mineral particles line up in a pattern that repeats itself over and over again.
What is a crystal structure?
100
Igneous rock melts and turns into lava/magma.
What is the first step to the rock cycle?
100
1.smooth 2.glassy 3.rough 4.chalky
What are the 4 types of texture a rock can be identified as?
100
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
What are foliated rocks?
200
Igneous Rock
What is a rock formed by melting magma/lava then cooled?
200
A mineral thta always has a definite volume and shape.
What is a solid?
200
1. erosion 2. melting 3. volcanic activity 4. deposition 5. heat and pressure
What are the stages of the rock cycle?
200
1.grain size 2.grain shape 3.grain pattern 4.no visible grain
What are the 4 terms use to describe a rock's texture?
200
The mineral grains in these rocks are arranged randomly.
What are nonfoliated rocks?
300
Sedimentary Rock
What is a rock that is formed by other particles of other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressured and cemented together?
300
A mineral that can't form from materials that were once part of a living thing.
What is an inorganic mineral?
300
1. Igneous 2. Sedimentary 3. Metamorphic
What are the 3 main rocks in the rock cycle?
300
1. quartz 2. feldspar 3. hornblende 4. mica
What are the 4 minerals in granite?
300
Silica
What is the main ingredient in quartz?
400
It clues to the rock's mineral composition?
What does a rock color provide?
400
A naturally occurring,inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
What is a mineral?
400
A series of processes on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
What is a rock cycle?
400
1.mountains 2.hills 3.valleys 4.beaches 5.ocean floor
What 5 features of Earth's surface does a rock form?
400
Is a sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
What is a clastic rock?
500
Cause the rock cools so fast that the grain doesn't have time to form.
Why may some rocks have no visible grain?
500
1. color 2. streak 3. luster 4. density 5. hardness 6. crystal systems 7. cleavge 8. fracture
What are the 8 characteristics of identifying minerals?
500
To show you the order in which each rock is formed.
What are there pathways in the rock cycle?
500
20 minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's crust
What are rock forming minerals?
500
1. shale 2. sandstone 3. conglomerate 4. breccia
What are the 4 clastic rocks?
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