Earth's Layers
The outermost layer of the Earth.
What is the CRUST?
The three main types of rocks.
What are IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, AND METAMORPHIC?
Which of the following is not a property of minerals?
color, luster, size, streak
What is SIZE?
What are MINERALS?
The difference between magma and lava.
What is MAGMA is molten rock below the Earth's surface and LAVA is molten rock that has erupted from a volcano?
The hottest layer of the Earth that is solid due to extreme heat and pressure.
What is te INNER CORE?
This type of rock is created by layers or pieces of rock compacted together over time.
What is SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
This mineral property describes its toughness against 10 common minerals - the weakest bring Talc, and the strongest being Diamond.
What is HARDNESS?
A naturally occuring solid made of the grains of two or more minerals.
What are ROCKS?
This term refers to the breaking down of rock into tiny pieces called sediment.
What is WEATHERING?
This layer of the Earth is made of moldable moten rock that moves at a very slow pace.
What is the MANTLE?
These rocks are created by changing one rock into another because of extreme heat and pressure.
What is METAMORPHIC ROCK?
This mineral property describes how a mineral reflects light.
What is LUSTER?
Non-living substances that grow into different shapes with atoms arranged in a regular pattern.
What are CRYSTALS?
This term refers to the process which moves tiny pieces of rock that have been weathered down.
What is EROSION?
A person who studies the Earth and changes below the Earth's surface.
What is a GEOLOGIST?
These rocks are formed by the cooling of lava or magma.
What is IGNEOUS ROCK?
This mineral property describes the color of a mineral's property when scratched against a porcelain tile.
What is STREAK?
Crystals can grow from one of these three states of matter.
What is a SOLID, LIQUID, or GAS?
Heat and pressure is applied to __________________ to rock and ______________ rock is formed.
What is SEDIMENTARY to METAMORPHIC?
What are SEISMIC and MAGNETIC WAVES?
The two types of igneous rock.
What is INTRUSIVE and EXTRUSIVE igneous rock?
This mineral property describes the way a mineral breaks.
What is CLEAVAGE?
This shape of a crystal is called this.
What is HABIT?
_________________ rock can be melted into magma and the cycle starts again.