minerals
rocks1
ages and rocks
miscellaneous 1
miscellaneous 2
100
state of matter that minerals are
What is solid?
100
type of rock formed by heat and pressure?
What is metamorphic?
100
this is how the absolute age of rocks is determined
What is radioactive dating?
100
what it is called when rocks are broken down
What is weathering?
100
type of weathering that acid rain can cause to statues, buildings, rocks
What is chemical weathering?
200
are minerals made of living or nonliving materials
What is nonliving?
200
type of rock formed from magma or lava
What is igneous?
200
this principle tells how to determine the relative age of rocks
What is the principle of superposition?
200
when materials are carried away by water, wind or other means and then left someplace else
What is deposition?
200
what the process is called that shows rocks changing from metamorphic into sedimentary or igneous and vice versa?
What is the rock cycle?
300
choose the mineral: wood quartz fossils trees
What is quartz?
300
igneous rocks formed on the surface of the earth
What is extrusive?
300
this describes the principle of superposition
What is the oldest rocks are at the bottom assuming no disturbance in the layers of the earth?
300
the type of weathering when the composition of the rock changes
What is chemical?
300
when carbon dioxide reacts with limestone and forms caves, what type of weathering is this?
What is chemical?
400
3 characteristics of minerals
What is solid, naturally occurring, fixed composition, crystalline structure, non living?
400
these type of rocks are the only ones that can contain fossils
What is sedimentary?
400
type of sedimentary rocks that contain pebble sized pieces
What is conglomerate?
400
what it is called when rocks are worn away by wind, water or other natural agents
What is erosion?
500
the 3 steps to forming a sedimentary rock
What is weathering, sediment, cementation?
500
the 3 types of sedimentary rocks
What are mudstone, sandstone, conglomerate?
500
an example of physical weathering
What is frost wedging or from roots of plants?
500
erosion by this forms a U shaped valley
What is a glacier?
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