Minerals identification
Formation of minerals
Classifying rocks
Characteristics of rock types
Rock Cycle
100
naturally occuring, inorganic, solid, crystal structure, definite chemical composition
What are the 5 properties of minerals
100
minerals form from hot magma or lava
What is the material that minerals are formed from?
100
igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
What are the three main types of rocks?
100
Sedimentary
What is the type of rock that fomrs from a series of processes: erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation?
100
the formation of different types of rocks and how they can change due to different processes.
What is the rock cycle of diagram of?
200
color of a minerals powder
What is the characteristic seen when doing the streak test
200
Magma inside the earth, lava on the surface
What is the difference in location of formation of a mineral from hot magma or lava?
200
Minerals make up rocks.
What is the connection between minerals and rocks?
200
Clastic are formed when rock fragments are squeezed together. Chemical rocks are formed through crystallization.
What is the difference between clastic rocks and chemical rocks?
200
Heat and pressure.
What is the process needed to change an igneous rock to a metamorphic rock?
300
mass divided by the volume
What is the calculation to determine a minerals density?
300
Crystallization
What is the method of formation of the minerals from dissolved materials in hot water called?
300
Grain size, Grain shape, Grain pattern
What are three ways to determine texture in rocks and minerals?
300
Sedimentary
What is a rock that contains coral or other living parts from dead animals called?
300
Erosion
What is the process needed to change a sedimentary rock to sediment?
400
Mohs Hardness scale
What is the test called to determine how soft a mineral is on a scale of 1-10?
400
salt on the shore line
Give an example of a mineral formed from evaportation.
400
thin flat layering found in metamorphic rocks
What does the term foliated mean?
400
Metamorphic
What is the type of rock that it's name means change form?
400
Cooling
What is the process needed to change magma into an igneous rock?
500
Cleavage is splits along flat surfaces and fracture describes how a mineral looks when it breaks.
What is the difference between cleavage and fracture?
500
Minerals from hot water solutions
What process can form veins of underground minerals like silver or gold?
500
the process by which sediment settles out of water or wind.
What is deposition?
500
Extrusive formed on surface of earth, intrusive formed on the inside. Both are igneous rocks.
What is the difference between an extrusive rock and intrusive rock and they are both which rock type?
500
Melting
What is the process needed to change a sedimentary rock to magma?
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