Identifying Minerals
The way light is reflected on a mineral's surface.
The look and feel of a rock's surface.
What is texture?
Igneous rocks that formed above earth's surface.
What are Extrusive rocks?
Small, solid pieces that make up Sedimentary rocks.
What are Sediments?
The way Metamorphic rocks are made.
What are heat and pressure?
The color of a mineral's powder when rubbed off.
What is Streak?
Small particles of minerals or other rocks tat make up rocks.
What are Grains?
Igneous rocks that formed below earth's surface.
What are Intrusive rocks?
One use of Sedimentary rocks.
What are building materials/Tools?
Uses of Metamorphic rocks.
What are Building materials and Sculpture materials?
The way rocks' and minerals' hardness are measured.
What is the Mohs hardness scale?
Rocks with stripes or bands
What are banded rocks?
One Use of Igneous Rocks.
What are Building Materials/abrasives for cleaning and Polishing/tools/part of soil
The three types of Sedimentary rocks.
What are Clastic, Organic, and Organic rocks?
Foliated
What is the term for rocks that have grains which are arranged in parallel layers?
One example of a special property that at least one mineral has.
What is Fluorescence/Magnetism/Reactivity/Optical Properties?
Three ways scientists identify rocks.
What are texture, mineral composition, and color?
Silica
What is a material formed from oxygen and Silicon that is found in Igneous rocks and affects their color?
A sedimentary rock that has been formed from crystalized, dissolved solutions.
What are Chemical rocks?
One example of a foliated, Metamorphic rock.
What is Slate/Gneiss/Phylite/Schist, etc.
Six things by which minerals are identified by.
What is Color/Streak/Luster/Density/Mohs Hardness Scale/Cleavage and Fracture/Special properties.
Minerals that are part of rocks.
What are Rock-Forming Minerals?
One example of an extrusive rock and One example of an intrusive rock.
What is Pregmatite/Porphyry, etc. (intrusive rocks) and Phyolite/Obsidian, etc. (extrusive rocks)
The four steps during which sedimentary rocks are made.
What is erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation?
One of the most famous sculpture made from Metamorphic rocks.
What is the Lincon Memorial?