Type of Rock
Rock Cycle Processes
Mineral Identifiers
Mineral Structures
Miscellaneous
100
Can be found in the forms of foliated and nonfoliated.
What is Metamorphic Rock.
100
Any rock that melts, cools and then solidifies becomes this type of rock.
What is Igneous Rock.
100
This is the color of a mineral in powdered form.
What is Streak.
100
A substance made of two or more elements that have been chemically joined or bonded.
What is a compound.
100
Minerals are divided up into these two groups based on their chemical compositions.
What are silicate and nonsilicate minerals.
200
This type of rock has three different types; clastic, chemical, and organic.
What is Sedimentary Rock.
200
Any element can turn into sediment when it goes through this process(es).
What is weathering and erosion.
200
The splitting of a mineral along smooth, flat surfaces.
What is cleavage.
200
A substance that can not be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.
What is an element.
200
Metallic, submetallic, and nonmetallic are examples of this type of mineral identifier.
What is luster.
300
Gabbro is a dark igneous rock. This is the technical term for this type of rock.
What is Mafic Igneous Rock
300
Magma is this type of rock that has been heated to the point of melting.
What is sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic.
300
The way that a mineral reflects light.
What is luster.
300
The smallest part of an element that has all the properties of that element.
What is an atom.
300
This describes the the minerals or other materials in a rock.
What is composition.
400
Intrusive and Extrusive are two types of this kind of rock.
What is Igneous Rocks.
400
To turn sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock this process needs to occur.
What is heat and pressure.
400
This is one of the easiest characteristics of minerals to identify because it can be observed just by looking at the mineral.
What is color.
400
A solid that has a definite repeating inner structure.
What is a crystal.
400
A rock that is formed by a fossil or other once living thing is called this.
What is an organic sedimentary rock.
500
Rock candy is a form of this type of rock.
What is Chemical Sedimentary Rock
500
If you take a rock and melt it, cool it, solidify it, weather and erode it, then have it go through cementation it will turn into this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock.
500
In order to find the hardness of a rock this scale is used.
What is the Moh's hardness scale.
500
There are three characteristics that determine whether something is a mineral, what are they?
What is naturally formed, inorganic solid, and having a definite crystalline structure.
500
Chemical sedimentary rocks can also be grouped further based on the size of the fragments used to make the rock, name the four classifications.
What is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, and shale.
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