Rocks
Minerals
Mineral Vocab
Rocks Vocab
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Any of the common minerals that make up the minerals of earth's crust.

Rock Forming Mineral

100

Formed from the cooling and hardening of lava above and below earth surface

Igneous Rock

100

A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again.

Crystal

100

The way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way.

Fracture

100

What is Mrs. for tunas favorite book series?

Harry Potter

200

A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust.

Granite

200

Formed from sediments and other materials being deposited and packed down over millions of years. Deposited in layers.

Sedimentary Rock

200

The color of a mineral powder.

Streak

200

A hollow rock inside in which materials have grown.

Geode

200

What is the capital of Mississippi?

Jackson 

300

A dark condensed rock with a fine texture found in oceanic crust.

Basalt

300

Formed from intense heat and pressure deep in earth's surface.

Metamorphic rocks

300

The way a mineral reflects light from its surface.

Luster

300

The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material that has a crystal structure.

Crystalization

300

Name all 4 NBA teams that play in California

- LA Lakers

- LA Clippers

- GS Warriors

- SAC Kings

400

Particles of mineral or other rocks.

Grains

400

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.

Mineral

400

A scale that ranks 10 minerals from softest to hardest, used in testing the hardness of minerals.

Mohs Hardness Scale

400

A mixture containing a solvent and at least one solute that has the same properties throughout.

Solution

400

What band did Paul McCartney play n?

The Beatles

500

The look and feel of a rock's surface.

Texture

500

Not formed from living things or the remains of living things.

Inorganic


500

A minerals ability to split easily along flat surfaces

Cleavage

500

A narrow deposit of a mineral that is sharply different from the surrounding ones.

Vein

500

What company produces the Playstation Gaming System

Sony

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