MINERALS
THE ROCK CYCLE
IGNEOUS ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
ROCK SYLLABLES
100
THIS MINERAL IS SO SOFT THAT YOU CAN WRITE WITH IT.
WHAT IS GRAPHITE?
100
THESE MUST BE COMPACTED AND CEMENTED TO FORM A SEDIMENTARY ROCK
WHAT ARE SEDIMENTS?
100
IF AN IGNEOUS ROCK ISN'T FELSIC, IT IS _______________.
WHAT IS MAFIC?
100
THIS IS THE SMALLEST SIZE OF CLASTIC SEDIMENT
WHAT IS CLAY?
100
THIS TYPE OF METAMORPHISM TRANSFORMS ENTIRE REGIONS OF ROCK
WHAT IS REGIONAL METAMORPHISM?
100
IGNEOUS: 4 SYLLABLES
WHAT IS OBSIDIAN?
200
THIS MINERAL SHOWS CLEAVAGE AND BUBBLES IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID.
WHAT IS CALCITE?
200
LAVA THAT IS DEEP UNDERGROUND
WHAT IS MAGMA?
200
IGNEOUS ROCKS RICH IN SILICON AND ALUMINUM HAVE THIS TYPE OF COMPOSITION.
WHAT IS FELSIC?
200
THIS BIOCLASTIC ROCK IS COMPOSED OF CARBON
WHAT IS BITUMINOUS COAL?
200
LIMESTONE CAN BECOME THIS METAMORPHIC ROCK THAT IS ALSO MADE OF CALCITE
WHAT IS MARBLE?
200
CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY: 3 SYLLABLES
WHAT IS BRECCIA?
300
ADD SOME IRON AND/OR MAGNESIUM TO MUSCOVITE MICA AND YOU GET THIS OTHER FORM OF MICA.
WHAT IS BIOTITE MICA?
300
THIS PROCESS TRANSFORMS A ROCK INTO ANOTHER WITHOUT MELTING
WHAT IS METAMORPHISM? (HEAT & PRESSURE ALSO ACCEPTABLE)
300
THE ROCK SEEN HERE CAN FLOAT DUE TO THIS TYPE OF TEXTURE.
WHAT IS VESICULAR?
300
EVAPORATING SEA WATER WILL RESULT IN THIS CRYSTALLINE SEDIMENTARY ROCK
WHAT IS ROCK SALT? (HALITE NOT ACCEPTABLE)
300
THIS TEXTURE DESCRIBES A ROCK THAT SHOWS ALTERNATING DARK AND LIGHT MINERAL LAYERS
WHAT IS FOLIATED? (BANDING ALSO ACCEPTABLE)
300
VESICULAR, MAFIC, IGNEOUS: 3 SYLLABLES
WHAT IS SCORIA?
400
THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A MINERAL ARE DETERMINED BY ITS INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT OF ___________.
What are ATOMS?
400
NEED SOME MAGMA? JUST SUBJECT ANY TYPE OF ROCK TO THIS PROCESS
WHAT IS MELTING?
400
THIS WORD DESCRIBES THE ENVIRONMENT OF FORMATION OF AN IGNEOUS ROCK THAT FORMED DEEP UNDERGROUND
WHAT IS INTRUSIVE? (PLUTONIC IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE.)
400
SEDIMENTS WITH A GRAIN SIZE OF 0.003 CM CAN BE COMPACTED AND CEMENTED INTO THIS SEDIMENTARY ROCK
WHAT IS SILTSTONE?
400
THIS METAMORPHIC ROCK IS ONLY FORMED BY CONTACT METAMORPHISM
WHAT IS HORNFELS?
400
FOLIATED, BANDING METAMORPHIC: 1 SYLLABLE
WHAT IS GNEISS?
500
THE MINERAL SEEN HERE IS AN ORE OF SAPPHIRE AND CAN SCRATCH QUARTZ. IT MUST HAVE A HARDNESS GREATER THAN _____________.
WHAT IS SEVEN?
500
THESE TWO PROCESSES BREAK UP AND TRANSPORT ROCKS AND SEDIMENTS
WHAT ARE WEATHERING AND EROSION?
500
THIS MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCK CONTAINS ONLY THE MINERAL OLIVINE.
WHAT IS DUNITE?
500
THE NAME OF THE FOSSIL SEEN HERE
WHAT IS MICROSPIRIFER?
500
THIS FOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCK MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN PYROXENE
WHAT IS SCHIST?
500
METAMORPHIC: 6 SYLLABLES
WHAT IS METACONGLOMERATE?