Minerals
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Miscellaneous
100
The hardest mineral.
What is diamond.
100
Igneous rocks are made this way.
What is when magma or lava cools.
100
Which of these rocks is sedimentary: limestone, marble, or basalt?
What is limestone.
100
Metamorpic rocks are created by these 2 processess.
What are heat and pressure.
100
All rocks are made of these.
What what are minerals.
200
The softest mineral.
What is talc.
200
Igneous rock with large crystals do to slow cooling inside the earth.
What is intrusive igneous rock.
200
Small, solid particals of rock and other materials that are deposited.
What is sediment.
200
The word metamorphic literally means this.
What is "change form".
200
Fossils are mostly found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary.
300
The scale used to measure the hardness of minerals.
What is Moh's Hardness Scale.
300
The word igneous means this.
What is fire.
300
The type of sedimentary rock formed from the remains of plants and animals.
What is organic.
300
Metamorphic rocks are classified by the arrangement of these.
What are grains.
300
This type of rock can be formed quickly.
What is igneous.
400
The property of minerals that is determined using mass and volume.
What is density.
400
The most common extrusive igneous rock.
What is basalt.
400
Sandstone is this type of sedimentary rock.
What is clastic.
400
Type of metamorphic rock with its grains in lined up layers.
What is foliated.
400
Explain how a metamorphic rock can become an igneous rock.
What is when it melts and then cools and hardens.
500
Name the 5 characteristics of minerals.
What is natural, inorganic, solid, crystal structure, constant chemical composition.
500
Granite is the most common of this type of igneous rock.
What is intrusive igneous rock.
500
List the 5 processes, in order, that create sedimentary rocks.
What is weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.
500
Marble is this type of metamorphic rock.
What is nonfoliated.
500
The igneous rock granite can change into this metamorphic rock.
What is gneiss.
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