The Rock Cycle
Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Minerals
100
The process by which water, wind, ice and temperature break down rock
Weathering
100
Rocks that have mineral grains arranged in bands or planes
Foliated metamorphic rock
100
Molten rock that is below the surface of the earth
Magma
100
Rocks that form when sediments are buried, compacted, and cemented together
Clastic sedimentary rock
100
The property that describes how the surface of a mineral reflects light
Luster
200
The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.
Erosion
200
These are metamorphic rocks that do not have grains aligned in planes or bands.
Nonfoliated metamorphic rock
200
Molten rock that has made its way to the surface of the earth
Lava
200
Rocks that form when seawater evaporates leaving behind dissolved minerals.
Chemical Sedimentary Rock
200
A solid, geometric form that results from the repeating pattern of atoms or molecules
Crystal
300
The sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations. This creates a basin where sediments can be deposited.
Subsidence
300
The two processes that create metamorphic rocks
High temperature and pressure
300
These types of rocks usually have large crystals that because they were able to cool slowly inside the earth's surface.
Intrusive igneous rock
300
Rocks that form from the remains of once-living things.
Organic Sedimentary Rock
300
The scale that measures a mineral's resistance to being scratched.
The Mohs hardness scale
400
The process by which sediment comes to rest.
Deposition
400
A type of foliated metamorphic rock that has mineral grains arranged in a banded structure. Commonly used as flooring or roof tiles
Gneiss
400
These rock s have very small crystals because the cool very quickly.
Extrusive igneous rock
400
A type of limestone that has shell fragments cemented together.
Coquina
400
Not all minerals break along cleavage planes. Some ______________, or break unevenly.
Fracture
500
Common between tectonic plates, these are areas where a set of deep cracks form in earth's surface.
Rift zone
500
A nonfoliated metamorphic rock composed of calcite or dolomite. Usually used in building and statues
Marble
500
This is a specific type of Igneous rock that is sometimes called volcanic glass. 
Obsidian
500
A clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of differently sized rounded rocks that are cemented together
Conglomerate
500
Minerals that contain a combination of the two most common elements, silicon and oxygen
Silicate Minerals