Minerals
Rocks - building the crust
Types of Rocks
Moving through the Rock Cycle
Misc.
100
The building blocks of rocks.
What are minerals?
100
Different combinations of ______ create a diversity of rocks, based on how they are formed in the rock cycle.
What are minerals?
100
Obsidian, a glassy rock, is an example of this type of rock.
What is igneous rock?
100
For an igneous rock to be broken down into smaller pieces, this has to happen.
What is "weathering and erosion"?
100
This rock is a type of _____.
What is a sedimentary rock?
200
The category of "shininess" a mineral gives off.
What is "Luster"?
200
Volcanic activity leads to this type of rock forming.
What are igneous rocks?
200
Limestone and sandstone are examples of this rock type.
What are sedimentary rocks?
200
Metamorphic rocks that eventually melt deep in the crust become this.
What is "magma"?
200
Fossils and shells can be found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
The hue or shade of a mineral.
What is a mineral's "color"?
300
Deposition of sediments is an important part of making this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rocks?
300
This type of rock can form both inside the crust (intrusive) and on the surface (extrusive).
What is igneous rock?
300
Before any type or rock becomes a sedimentary rock, it first has to be broken down into _______.
What are "sediments"?
300
This mineral is used in computers, saws, and other tools.
What are diamonds?
400
If an unknown mineral cannot scratch a nail, but can scratch glass, this helps us determine this property.
What is "hardness"?
400
The black sand beaches of the Hawaiian islands and also Iceland are made from this.
What is igneous rock?
400
Marble, seen here, is an example of this type of rock, with its ribbons and small crystal structures.
What is metamorphic rock?
400
This image is most likely this kind of rock type.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
You use this mineral almost everyday for writing.
What is graphite?
500
Describes how a mineral breaks apart.
What is "fracture" and "cleavage"?
500
Deep inside the crust, metamorphic rocks get exposed to these two conditions which cause the rocks to change.
What is "heat and pressure"?
500
Found usually in regions where there is or once was large bodies of water, either rivers or lakes where deposition would occur.
What are sedimentary rocks?
500
The heat and pressure, like what happens in convergent tectonic plate boundaries, causes huge amounts of folding of rocks in the crust. These changes create this type of rock.
What are metamorphic rocks?
500
A geologists favorite kind of music.
What is rock and roll?