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It has a definite shape, is naturally occurring, and made of one or more elements
What is a Mineral
Rocks have no definite shape (True or False)
What is True
These type of rock form due to changes over time caused by heat and pressure
What is Metamorphic Rocks
Form when magma and/or lava cools and hardens
What is Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary rocks are formed from weathering, ___________, and _______________.
What is Erosion and Deposition?
A physical property that scientist use to identify minerals describes how light reflects off a mineral's surface
What is Luster
Must be formed and are made of one or more elements
What is minerals
Gneiss is in what classification of rock
What is Metamorphic Rock
Hot fluid or semifluid liquid found below earth's surface
Describes the breaking down process of existing rocks into sediments
What is Weathering
The size of what in rocks is determined by how fast or slow the rock cooled down
What is crystal(s)
3 Classifications of Rocks
What is Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
Metamorphic rocks are formed or created when Igneous and Sedimentary rocks change over time caused by ________ and _________.
What is heat and pressure?
Molten rock that flows from a volcano
What is lava
Movement or Transportation of sediment from one location to another
When a a scientists is identifying a mineral property by rubbing it across something hard and looking at the color in powdered form, she is doing what kind of test
What is Streak
Granite's classification of rock
Igneous
In The Rock Cycle, metamorphic rocks can heat up, melt into magma, then cool down, and become what type of rock
What is Igneous Rock
Two types of Igneous Rocks
What are Intrusive and Extrusive
The process of sediments being "laid down" to build up a sedimentary rock formation
What is Deposition
Inorganic, crystalline structure, solid, naturally occurring, and definite chemical composition is WHAT about all minerals
What is TRUE or COMMON about all minerals
The only classification of rocks that usually contains fossils, which are the remains of dead plants and animals
What is Sedimentary
The creation of metamorphic rock can only occur where on earth
What is deep within the crust / under earth's surface
Intrusive igneous rocks form _________ Earth's surface and Extrusive Igneous Rocks form _______ Earth's surface.
What is BELOW and ON/ABOVE
What is Plate Tectonics or Continental Drift?