Minerals
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rock Cycle
100
A nonliving solid with a crystal form
What is a mineral?
100
The two types of igneous rocks
What are extrusive and intrusive?
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed near this
What is water?
100
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Through high temperature and pressure
100
What are the three types of rocks?
What is Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
200
The ability for one mineral to scratch another.
What is hardness?
200
As igneous rocks cool very slowly, they form what?
What are large crystals?
200
Sediment is carried from one place to another
What is erosion?
200
which types of rocks do metamorphic rocks change from?
What is Metamorphic, Sedimentary, and Igneous?
200
Which process can cause an igneous rock to turn into sediment
What is erosion
300
The hardest known mineral.
What is a diamond?
300
The type of igneous rock that cools very quickly and forms small crystals or air bubbles in the rocks they form.
What is extrusive?
300
Particles squeezed together under great pressure
What is compaction?
300
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel layers or bands
What is foliated?
300
The type of scientists who studies rocks and minerals
What is a Geologist
400
How minerals reflect or don't reflect light. Some words that help describe this word are waxy, pearly, metallic, etc.
What is Luster?
400
Intrusive rocks are formed from this, which is inside a volcano
What is magma?
400
Particles glued together as mineral solutions harden
What is cementation?
400
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged randomly
What is nonfoliated?
400
The process that allows magma to form Igneous rocks
What is cooling or hardening
500
The physical property that determines whether a mineral contains calcite.
What is Acidity?
500
Igneous rocks are described by their texture, what are the three things we look at when describing texture of an igneous rock.
Grain size, Grain shape, and grain pattern.
500
Which is a characteristic of sedimentary rocks? A. forms in layers B. Looks very shiny C. contains crystals D. Forms from magma
A. Forms in layers
500
Diagram how metamorphic rocks are formed.
Mrs. Humphreys will decide which is correct
500
The process that allows Sedimentary rocks to form into a metamorphic rock
What is heat and pressure
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