The Rock Cycle
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and erosion?
Rocks are made up of minerals, true or false?
true
The color a rock makes when it is rubbed against a plate is its ______
What is streak?
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
Heat and pressure turn Sedimentary rocks into _____ rocks.
What is metamorphic?
This is the least helpful property when identifying a mineral.
What is shape?
This rock is found in the mountains
What is metamorphic?
All minerals have the same Definite Chemical Composition, true or false
false
Name the four processes that produce sedimentary rocks
What are Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, and Cementation?
This is a naturally occurring solid, that is inorganic, with a definite chemical composition and crystal structure.
What is a mineral?
This rock is red and has many bubble holes in it
What is scoria?
Diamond has a hardness of 10, so when diamond is scraped against another mineral with a lower hardness, it does this.
The diamond scratches the other mineral.
Metamorphic to Igneous Rock process
What is the melting and cooling of molten material and gas?
Halite is commonly known as "_____"
What is Rock Salt?
Granite is formed by these processes.
What is the cooling of magma inside of a volcano?
The Hardness Scale is best described as ___________________________.
What is a scale that tests the hardness of a mineral by scratching other materials?
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
The softest mineral
What is Talc?
_______ igneous rocks are when magma cools outside of the volcano
What is extrusive?
When a part of a rock or mineral breaks off and the broken piece is smooth, that rock or mineral is displaying _______
What is cleavage?