Minerals
Rocks
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Grab Bag
Earth Layers
100
What are minerals?
Makes up all rocks on Earth.
100
What is formed from cooled magma or lava?
How igneous rock is formed
100
What are tiny particles of rock, leaves, twigs and bones?
sediment
100
How is metamorphic rock formed?
Heat and pressure
100
Inner core
The hottest layer
200
The Mohs Hardness Scale.
The scale used to determine the hardness of a mineral.
200
What is found on most of the Earth's ocean floor?
Basalt
200
Erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation
Steps in the formation of sedimentary rock
200
What is marble?
The rock used for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC
200
The mantle
The densest layer of the Earth
300
What is talc?
The softest mineral
300
What is a black, glass-like igneous rock?
obsidian
300
Where would the oldest layer of sedimentary rock be located?
On the bottom
300
foliated and nonfoliated
Two types of metamorphic rock
300
The crust
The thinnest layer
400
What is density?
mass divided volume
400
Stone Mountain
A landmark in Georgia made of intrusive igneous rock
400
What are two examples of sedimentary?
limestone and shale
400
erosion
In order for igneous rock to turn into sedimentary rock, there must be...
400
Iron and nickel
The metals in the core of the Earth
500
What is a streak test?
When panning for gold, the test you could use to see if what you found was real
500
What is a modern-day use of granite?
Kitchen countertops
500
What is clastic, organic and chemical?
The types of sedimentary rock.
500
magma
If a rock is forced deep into Earth and it melts it will become this.
500
What is the temperature of the Earth's crust
air temperature to 1598F
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