Minerals
Sedimentary rocks
Metals, rocks, and mining
Volcanoes and rocks
Miscellaneous
100
The rarest, most durable, and most beautiful mineral
What is precious stones
100
Most common sedimentary rock
What is shale
100
Alloy of iron, carbon, and nickel or chromium
What is stainless steel
100
Ropy lava
What is pahoehoe
100
A substance that is composed of only one type of atom
What is element
200
Any mineral that contains a valuable metallic element
What is ore
200
Aluminum is refined from what common mineral
What is bauxite
200
Solid volcanic ejecta
What is pyroclast
200
Geometric structure composed of atoms or molecules in an orderly arrangement
What is crystals
300
What does A mineral that remains glowing after being exposed to ultraviolet light and then placed in the dark exhibit
What is phosphorescence
300
Type of rock formed when deposits of sand and mineral fragments are cemented together
What is sedimentary rocks
300
Type of soil that contains a mixture of sand, silty clay and humus
What is loam
300
Change of one rock into a new type
What is metamorphism
300
Breakdown of organisms
What is decomposition
400
Hard, round structure that form when mineral settle out of water and crystallize around a sand grain or other mineral fragment.
What is concretions
400
Rock that consists of smooth pebbles embedded in hardened sand or clay
What is conglomerate rock
400
Self pumping well
What is artesian well
400
Rocks with Smooth, glasslike texture
What is amorphous
400
Study of soil
What is pedology
500
Another name for a bar of refined gold
What is bullion
500
A single layer of sedimentary rock
What is stratum
500
The upper layers of the ground stripped away by surface mining
What is overburdening
500
Most common of all igneous rocks
What is basalt
500
Most basic unit of matter
What is atom
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