Mineral-Forming Processes
Minerals
Types of Rocks
Rocks/Rocks Cycle
Tangent Question
100
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid element or compound with a crystalline structure.
What is a mineral?
100
The lighter elements on the top are called
What is the crust?
100
What is the type of rock which means fire?
What is igneous
100
What type of rock is formed from hot molten mass of molten materials?
What is Igneous Rock
100
The President of the United States
What is Barack O'bama
200
The two main groups of minerals.
What is the silicates and non-silicates?
200
Where does the bulk of earths mass lay
What is below the crust?
200
Magma that cools slowly deep below the surface produces...
What is coarse- grained intrusive igneous rock
200
The process of continually changing rocks over time is known as...
What is the Rock Cycle
200
what are the three main macro nutrients
What is protein, fats and carbs
300
The resistance of a mineral being scratched.
What is the hardness?
300
What is the most abundant element?
What is oxygen
300
Formed from particles or dissolved materials from previously existing rocks
What is sedimentary rocks
300
For igneous rock to form into sediment what must happen?
What is weathering and erosion
300
the difference between what is perfect and what is acceptable.
what is tolerance?
400
The tendency of minerals to break along smooth planes.
What is cleavage?
400
What are three examples of common rocks
What is sandstone, limestone, and granite?
400
Weathered rock fragments
What is clastic sediments
400
A metamorphic rocks change and shape is dependent on what?
What is heat and pressure
400
Has two long floppy ears, with a bushy tail
What is a bunny rabbit?
500
The way the mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
500
What a fundamental building block of the rocks making earths crust?
What is a mineral?
500
Previously existing rocks that have been changed by heat, pressure, or hot solutions into a distinctly different rock.
What is metamorphic rocks
500
What is the process in which sediment particles are filled with chemical deposits?
What is cementation
500
Large bone in your thigh
What is the femur?
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