Rocks
Minerals
The Rock Cycle
Mystery
Mystery Continued
100
Igneous rocks that form __________ the surface are intrusive.
What is below?
100
The scale that ranks a mineral's hardness from 1 to 10.
What is Mohs hardness scale?
100
The processes that continually change one rock type into another is called _________.
What is the rock cycle?
100
Name the three types of rocks.
What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary?
200
Explain how sedimentary rocks are formed.
What is I'll check your answers?
200
Name a use for a mineral in everyday life.
What is I'll listen to your answer?
200
When lava erupts and cools and crystallizes on Earth's surface, the igneous rock that forms is called ____________.
What is extrusive rock?
200
True or false: Minerals are always formed from previously living substances.
What is false? minerals are inorganic
200
Name two items that can break down exposed rock.
What is I'll check your answers? Wind, rain, etc.
300
Rain carries sediment to low-lying areas called ___________ where it is deposited.
What are basins?
300
This describes the way that a mineral's surface reflects light.
What is luster?
300
The process that moves large amounts of rock up to Earth's surface and to higher elevations is called ____________.
What is uplift?
300
Foliated rocks are distinguished by ____________.
What are layers?
300
Atoms in minerals are arranged in this type of pattern.
What is orderly and repeating?
400
Rocks are classified based on their _________ and __________.
What is texture and composition?
400
The ratio of calcium (Ca) to carbon (C) to oxygen (O) atoms in calcite is 1:1:3. What is the formula?
What is CaCO3?
400
The theory that explains the movement of the continents, earthquakes, volcanoes, and the formation of new crust.
What is plate tectonics?
400
Name 2 ways rocks are used on daily life.
What is I'll check your answers?
400
Why is ice a mineral and not liquid water?
What is minerals must be solids?
500
All metamorphic rocks have a _____________ rock that was squeezed, heated, or exposed to a hot fluid.
What is a parent rock?
500
When liquid evaporates, atoms of any dissolved minerals stay behind and form ________?
What are crystals?
500
When Earth materials move through the rock cycle, they change both their __________ and ___________.
What are form and location?
500
Magma that cools slowly grows _____________ crystals than magma that cools quickly.
What is larger?
500
The tendency of minerals to break with rough or jagged surfaces.
What is fracture?
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