Types of Rocks
Rock Cycle
Mineral Properties
Mineral Resources
Misc.
100
Intrusive or extrusive rock that is produced when melted rock from inside the Earth cools and hardens.
What is igneous rock?
100
Metamorphic rocks are formed this way.
What is "other existing rocks undergoing extreme heat and pressure"?
100
The way a mineral's surface reflects light.
What is luster?
100
A source of silica and used to make glass.
What is sandstone?
100
The color of the powder of a mineral.
What is streak color?
200
New rock that forms when existing rock is heated or squeezed.
What are metamorphic rocks.
200
Igneous rocks are formed this way.
What is "magma cooling above or below the surface and volcanoes erupting".
200
The ability of a mineral to resist being scratched.
What is hardness?
200
A source of table salt.
What is the mineral halite?
200
This property indicates whether or not igneous rocks cool slowly or quickly.
What is crystal size?
300
Rock made from pieces of other rocks, dissolved minerals, or plant and animal matter that collect to form rock layers.
What are sedimentary rocks?
300
These 5 processes must occur in order for a rock to be considered sedimentary.
What are weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction & cementation?
300
Minerals posses this when they split into pieces with smooth, regular planes that reflect light.
What is cleavage?
300
Small particles of this mineral are used to make sandpaper and other abrasives.
What is garnet?
300
These types of rocks MOST likely contain fossils.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
Describes metamorphic rocks with visible layers of minerals.
What is foliated rock?
400
Gneiss, quartzite, and marble are examples of these.
What are metamorphic rocks?
400
Minerals posses this when they break into pieces with jagged or rough edges.
What is fracture?
400
This mineral is used to produce plaster and wallboard.
What is gypsum?
400
Three examples of renewable resources.
What are wind energy, biomass energy and solar energy.
500
Granite and basalt are examples of this.
What are igneous rocks?
500
Sandstone and limestone are examples of this.
What are sedimentary rocks?
500
Whether or not the pigment of a mineral is natural or caused by impurities; the color of the actual crystals themselves.
What is "color"?
500
This mineral is used to produce aluminum.
What is bauxite?
500
These minerals must exist in large enough quantities to be mined for profit. Also, an example of one.
What is an ore, iron ore.
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