Minerals
Inorganic substances that occur naturally on or under the earth's surface
What are minerals?
Layer of the Earth that is made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
What is the lithosphere?
These are made of one or more minerals
What are rocks?
All living things need them to grow
What are minerals?
A person who studies minerals
What is a mineralogist?
The four properties of minerals
What are color, crystal structure, luster and hardness?
The 2 types of igneous rock
What are intrusive igneous rock and extrusive igneous rock?
The name for magma after it has been pushed up to the Earth's surface in a volcanic eruption
What is lava?
2 minerals that are important for healthy bones
What are calcium and magnesium?
liquid rock deep inside the Earth's crust
What is magma?
Property of a mineral that describes how the mineral reacts to light
What is luster?
A type of rock that forms in layers
What is sedimentary rock?
An example of a kind of intrusive igneous rock
What is granite?
Waterproof mineral used to build roofs
What is slate?
The scale used to measure a mineral's resistance to being scratched
What is the Mohs hardness scale?
The crystal structure of sodium
What are square crystals?
Factors that transform sedimentary or igneous rock into metamorphic rock
What are high pressure or heat?
The rock that changes into marble due to heat and pressure
What is limestone?
Something made with lithium
What are batteries?
Preserved remains of material from dead animals and plants contained in rocks
What are fossils?
Objects used to scratch a mineral to determine its hardness
What are another harder mineral, a knife, a fingernail, glass or other material?
Eroded fragments of rock, sand, shells and the remains of living things
What are sediments?
One example of igneous rock, one example of sedimentary rock, and one example of metamorphic rock
What are basalt/granite, shale/limestone/clay and slate/marble?
The importance of potassium and sodium for our bodies
What is to help maintain the right about of water?
A place where rock is mined from the Earth's surface
What is a quarry?