MINERALS
A piece of coal can turn into a _____________________.
diamond
NAME THE 3 TYPES OF ROCKS
METAMORPHIC, SEDIMENTARY, IGNEOUS
the ___________________________ _______________ is the process by which old rocks change to make new rocks?
ROCK CYCLE
When you scratch a mineral on a plate and it leaves a mark... this is called its _____________?
streak
Name something you could find that could be a fossil
shark tooth, rock, shell, plant, animal bones
A solid found in nature that has specific form, strcuture and features.
mineral
Solid natural object made of one or more minerals.
rocks
soil, sand, dirt, plant/animal particles
A minerals _______________ is the ability to resist being scratched.
hardness
Who studies fossils?
paleontologist
A solid tha has flat sides and edges arranges in a pattern that repeats to form three dimensional shape?
crystal
METAMORPHIC
A _________________________ rock is formed when magma cools and hardens again.
igneous
How shiny or how the sun reflects of a mineral shows us its ______________________.
luster
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When identifying a mineral it has 6 ________________________ to test for.
properties.
THE 2 TYPES OF ___________________ ROCK ARE EXTRUSIVE AND INTRUSIVE.
IGNEOUS
A ________________________ rock is formed by sediments pressing together.
sedimentary
__________________ are substances that have definie shapes and definite volumes.
Solids
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Who studies the history of the earth and the rocks, minerals, etc.
geologist
_________________ are created and found in soil, rocks, shells or deep in the earth.
minerals
THE 3 TYPES OF ________________ ROCKS ARE CLASTIC, CHEMICAL AND ORGANIC.
SEDIMENTARY
A ______________________ rock is formed when heat and pressure change the structure and appearance of rocks.
metamorphic
The same type of fossil found in the same rock layer all over the world.
index fossil
Name at least 4 properties of minerals.
luster, hardess, streak, fracture, clevage, density