Minerals
an igneous rock can become a _____________ rock by heat and pressure
What is metamorphic?
color, hardness, magnetic, fluorescence, streak test, cleavage/fracture
What are the ways to test a mineral?
a common description to identify an igneous rock
intrusive or extrusive
the movement of sediment to a different area
What is erosion?
These are changed in the metamorphic process.
What are minerals?
a sedimentary rock can become a metamorphic rock by ____________ and ______________
What is heat and pressure?
diamond
What is the hardest mineral on Mohs Hardness Scale?
how igneous rocks are made
What is cooling and hardening of lava or magma?
one of the major types of sedimentary rocks
What is a conglomerate?
two types/classifications of metamorphic rocks
What are foliated and nonfoliated?
an igneous rock can become a sedimentary rock by ___________ and ________________
What are weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation?
the testing of a mineral that tests how a mineral will break along smooth surfaces
What is cleavage?
igneous rocks that are made outside a volcano, made from lava
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
not on Earth's surface, but deep inside the Earth
What is where metamorphic rocks are made?
a metamorphic rock can become a sedimentary rock by _____________________
What are weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation?
the testing of a mineral that requires you to scrape the mineral along a piece of tile to see the color left behind
What is the streak test?
igneous rocks that are made underground from magma, while inside the volcano
What are intrusive igneous rocks?
buildings and sculptures
What are two main uses for metamorphic rock?
the way rocks change from one type to another is
What is the rock cycle?