Classes of Minerals
Rock Cycle
Characteristics of minerals
Processes
Vocabulary
100
class of minerals made from sulfur
What is sulfite?
100
Type of rock made from sediments
What are sedimentary rocks?
100
characteristic that desribes how shiny a rock is
What is luster?
100
Processes that break down rocks
What are weathering and erosion?
100
Define density.
What is mass in a given volume?
200
Class of minerals made from halogens
What are halites?
200
Type of rock made from pressure and heat
What are metamorphic rocks?
200
characteristic of rock that describes how much mass is in a given volume of a rock
What is volume?
200
Process that creates foliaton
What is extreme pressure?
200
define foliation.
What is lines that form in rocks when molecules arrange in lines due to pressure
300
Minerals are made from these
What are elements or compounds of elements
300
type of rock made from melting and cooling of other rocks
What are igneous rocks?
300
test used to tell us if a rock contains carbonate. Scientists look for bubbling of a rock.
What is the acid test?
300
processes that form igneous rocks
What are melting and cooling?
300
define lithification
What is compaction and cementation of molecules to form a rock?
400
Difference between a rock and a mineral
Rocks are made from combinations of minerals. Minerals are made from basic elements
400
Type of rock most likely found on the slopes of a volcano
What are igneous rocks?
400
Characteristic of a rock that indicates a rock is attracted to a metallic material
What is magnetism?
400
Processes that form sedimentary rocks?
What is lithification (cementation/compaction)
400
define erosion
What is carrying molecules away from original source?
500
What determines the crystal structure of minerals?
The elements in the mineral
500
Type of rock most likely found miles beneath the earth's surface
What are metamorphic rocks?
500
characteristic of a rock that tells us what the inside color of a rock is
What is the streak test/color
500
Types of rock that can be broken down to form sedimentary rock
What are other sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks, and metamorphic rocks?
500
Define compaction.
What is pressure that packs together molecules into a rock
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