Which rock type will fossils most likely be found?
What is sedimentary
100
What type of rock would you find near a volcano?
What is igneous
100
What does horizontal mean?
What is across or back and forth
100
What are 2 keywords for igneous rocks
What is intrusive or extrusive
100
If a mineral scratches a copper penny, and the penny has a hardness of 3.5, what does that tell us about that mineral?
What is the mineral is harder than the penny
200
Which type of rocks can be foliated? What doe foliated mean?
What is metamorphic and bands or layers
200
An igneous rock found near a volcano would most likely be _____________ (intrusive or extrusive)
What is extrusive
200
What does vertical mean?
What is up and down
200
what are 2 keywords for sedimentary rocks?
What is clastic or nonclastic
200
Fluorite has a harness of 4. Orthoclase has a hardness of 6. If a mineral scratches fluorite, and is scratched by orthoclase, what is the hardness of that mineral?
What is 5
300
What is constant formation, transition, and reformation of the rocks on Earth's lithosphere called?
What is the rock cycle
300
Metamorphic rocks with a banded or layered look are called ________
What is foliated
300
What is the law that states that sedimentary rocks form horizontally?
What is law of horizontality
300
what are 2 keywords for metamorphic rocks?
What is foliated and nonfoliated
300
What are 5 ways to identify a mineral?
What is streak, hardness, cleavage/fracture, luster, color, density
400
A sample of rock shows a parallel banding pattern. It is a metamorphic rock. Is it foliated or nonfoliated?
What is nonfoliated
400
What law states that older rocks will be found at the bottom, and younger rocks are at the top?
What is the law of superposition
400
What is an igneous intrusion?
What is when igneous rock cuts through other layers of rocks.
400
If I scrape a mineral with a steel knife blade, what am I trying to test?
What is hardness
400
What is the most abundant element in earth's crust?
What is silicon
500
A rock is subjected to intense heat and pressure that causes it to modify from its original form. What type of rock does this describe?
What is metamorphic
500
What law states that the rock that cuts through layers of rock is newer than the rocks it cut through?
What is law of cross cutting relationships
500
What is density?
What is mass divided by volume
500
(Al2 Si O5) What elements does this contain?
What is Aluminum, Silicon, and Oxygen
500
If an igneous rock is intrusive, will it have large or small crystals? Why?
What is large because it is warm underneath the earth, so it takes the rock a long time to cool, allowing the crystals to grow.