Minerals
Rocks
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
100
The property of minerals that is not always useful
What is color
100
All rocks are made of this
What are minerals
100
Rock particles and other materials that settle in a liquid
What are sediments
100
Igneous means
What is "fire-made"
100
The word metamorphic means
What is "changed in form".
200
The property of minerals that tells how light bounces off it
What is luster
200
The never ending process by which rocks are changed from one type into another
What is the rock cycle
200
Made up of larger pieces of sediments cemented together
What is conglomerate
200
Igneous rocks are formed from this
What is hot, molten rock material that has cooled and hardened
200
Metamorphic rocks are formed by two things
What are heat and pressure
300
The property of minerals that comes from rubbing it on a plate
What is streak
300
The greenish rock that is formed of materials deposited in the oceans
What is limestone
300
A kind of limestone on the ocean floor is made of this (two things)
What are shells and skeletons of dead sea animals
300
Below Earth's surface, molten material is called this
What is magma
300
Metamorphic rocks are made from these kinds of rocks
What are Igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rocks
400
The three testers used to test mineral hardness
What is a fingernail, a copper penny, and an iron nail
400
The past climate in places that have rocks with the fossil coral
What is tropical
400
Words such as older, oldest, younger, and youngest that describe the age of something compared to the age of another thing
What is relative age
400
The slower the molten material cools, the ________ the mineral grains can become. An example is Granite.
What is larger
400
The two groups that geologists classify metamorphic rocks into
What are rocks with bands of minerals and rocks without bands of minerals
500
The scientist who studies rocks and minerals
What is a geologist
500
Three ways rocks are used by people
What are buildings, roads, and sculptures
500
The order that sediments are laid down in (two words)
What is time order
500
The Igneous rock that cools so quickly that mineral grains do not have time to form. These rocks are known as volcanic glass.
What is obsidian
500
The rock that forms when limestone is heated under pressure
What is marble
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