Minerals
This is a mineral's color in its powered form
What is streak?
This is the unit used for the density of a liquid
What is g/mL?
This is the name given to the four planets that are furthest from the sun (There are 2 different answers)
What are Jovian or gas giants?
This type of weathering breaks down rocks physically by water, wind, or gravity.
What is abrasion?
This rock is made by both heat and pressure
What is metamorphic?
This word describes when a mineral tends to break in uneven pieces
This term describes the by-product of a mining operation. (the secondary product made after extracting the minerals)
What is tailings?
This separates the terrestrial planets from the Jovian planets
What is the asteroid belt?
This type of weathering is done by plants and animals
This type of rock is made when magma cools
What is hardness?
This is the density of a mineral with correct units if its mass is 8 grams and its volume is 4 cm3
What is 2 g/cm3?
This day happens twice a year when the days and nights are the same length
What is an equinox?
This term describes when rocks and sediments are dropped off somewhere new
What is deposition?
This type of igneous rock cools below the surface
What is intrusive?
A student is able to scratch a mineral with a penny, but not with their fingernail. This number represents this minerals hardness level
What is 3-4?
A bunch of rock is moved to reach an ore deposit underneath. This term describes the rock moved
What is spoil?
This is how long one revolution is on Earth
What is 365.25 days?
This type of weathering occurs when water chemically reacts with a rock
What is hydrolysis?
This type of sedimentary rock is created by pieces of rock cementing together
What is clastic?
This characteristic of mineral determines its hardness level. (Ex: Graphite vs a diamond)
What is its atom structure? or Cystalline Structure
These are the four characteristics of minerals
What is naturally occurring, made from inorganic compounds, solid crystalline structure, and consistent chemical composition.
This is all the planets in our solar system in order from closest to the sun to furthest away
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
This type of weather will occur when lichen grows on the side of a rock
What is organic acid?
This type of sedimentary rock is created when dissolved minerals are solidified
What is chemical?