Sedimentary Rocks
Small solid pieces of material that came from rocks or living things
What are sediments?
The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure
What is crystallization?
The way a mineral breaks
What is cleavage or fracture?
Igneous rock formed from lava that erupted onto earths surface
What are extrusive rocks?
Mineral used in a pencil
What is graphite?
The process by which sediment settles out of water or wind carrying it
What is deposition?
A narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is different from the surrounding rock
What is Vein?
how the light is reflected from a minerals surface
What is luster?
Igneous rock that formed when magma hardened beneath earths surface is called...
What are intrusive rocks?
mineral used for a counter top
What is marble?
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and give particles of sediment together
What is cementation?
A mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another
What is solution?
The powder that rubs off minerals when rubbed on a piece of tile
What is streak?
Most of earths minerals contain ____, a material formed from oxygen and ____.
What is silica?
minerals used for an engagement ring
What is a diamond?
in ______ running water, wind or ice loosens and carry's away fragments of rock
What is erosion?
molten material inside the earth that hardens to form rocks
What is Magma?
The scale that ranks minerals from softest to hardest
What is Mohs hardness scale?
______ forms from the cooling of magma or lava
What are Igneous rocks?
minerals used for an iPhone's mother bored
What is a aluminum, copper, iron and cobalt?
The process that presses sediments together
What is Compaction?
____ is magma that reaches the surface. _____ is also forms rocks when it cools and hardens
What is Lava?
No mater what size the mineral is the ____will always be the same per the mass
What is density?
andesite, basalt and dacite
What are three types of igneous rocks?
A rode is particularly made out of theses two minerals
What is limestone and sandstone?