Minerals
The Rock Cycle/ Geologic Time
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
100
What is a solid found in nature that has a specific form, structure and features?
Mineral
100
The process by which old rock material changes to make new rocks is the?
Rock Cycle
100
Igneous rocks make up the maximum volume of the ________
Earths crust
100
What is made up of particles of rock, sand, soil, and plant and animal remains?
Sediment
100
These rocks come from existing rocks that are subjected to extreme heat or pressure
Metamorphic
200
What is a solid that has flat sides and edges arranged in a pattern that repeats to form a three-dimensional shape?
Crystal
200
The same type of fossil found in the same rock layer all over the world is a?
Index fossil
200
What are the two types of igneous rocks?
Intrusive and Extrusive
200
This type of rock forms when the sediment compacts or cements layers on the Earth's surface?
Sedimentary rock
200
What is the original rock that is changed by heat or pressure called?
Protolith or parent rock
300
What are the 6 different physical properties to test for when identifying a mineral?
Color, luster, streak, hardness, fracture (cleavage) and density
300
The time that has passed since scientist believe the earth was formed based on the study of rocks
Geologic time
300
When magma cools below the surface that forms a _________
Intrusive igneous rocks
300
Sedimentary rocks are formed without heat or pressure? True or false?
True
300
________ means to change form
Metamorphism
400
What are the four features of a mineral?
1) It is solid
2) It is not a living thing or made of living things
3) It is made naturally in the Earth
4) It is made of a repeating pattern of crystals
400
What are the four natural events that alter the sequence of the rock layers?
Folding, Tiliting, Intrusions and Faults
400
When lava cools above the surface that makes a ________
Extrusive igneous rock
400
What are the three types of Sedimentary rocks?
Clastic, chemical and organic
400
What are the two different types of Metamorphic rocks?
Foliated and Non-foliated
500
Which mineral is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
500
Magma turns to -> 1) _________ turns to -> Sedimentary rocks due to weathering and erosion turns to -> 2) _________ due to deposition
And the process 3) __________
1) Igneous rock
2) Metamorphic rock
3) Repeats
500
Name two igneous rocks
Obsidian, pumice, granite, basalt, diorite
500
Name two sedimentary rocks
Limestone, shale, conglomerate
500
Name two metamorphic rocks
Marble, quartzite, phyllite, gneiss, slate