BUILDING BLOCKS
FORMATION
CLASSIFIYING
IDENTIFICATION
CHANGES
100
The building blocks of all rocks and minerals
What are elements or atoms
100
Performed in BCA labs.
What are crystals from solutions.
100
feldspar/quartz/sand
What are silicates.
100
This is the first thing a minerologist notices when observing a mineral.
What is the color.
100
WATER/WIND/ICE/TEMPERATURE
What is WEATHERING
200
All minerals do not have THIS element.
What is carbon
200
All minerals are either solid/liquid/gas
What is solid
200
Formed from carbon/oxygen/metal
What are carbonates.
200
Rubbing a sample of mineral on a white ceramic tile.
What is streaking.
200
THIS happens when sediment comes to rest.
What is DEPOSITION
300
THIS is two or more different atoms bonded together.
What compounds.
300
formed from high temperature and pressure
What is metamorphic rock
300
Formed from sulfur/oxygen/metal
What are sulfates.
300
The Mohs scale measures THIS.
What is HARDNESS
300
THIS changes rock when it is deep within the earth's crust.
What is temperature and pressure
400
THESE are atoms chemically bonded together.
What are molecules.
400
DAILY DUBBLE
What is WHAT ROCK TYPE FORMS FROM MELTING AND THEN COOOLING?
400
These are native elements.
What are gold/silver/copper/nickle/iron
400
DAYLY DUBBLE
WHAT IS THE FORMULA FOR DENSITY?
400
When sediment is moved from one place to another.
What is erosion.
500
THESE are pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances.
What are elements.
500
THIS forms a repeating pattern.
What are crystals.
500
Formed from sulfur and a metal
What are sulfides.
500
How light reflects off a mineral specimen
What is luster.
500
THIS rock will be formed if it is exposed to wind/water/temperature changes and deposited elswhere.
What is sedimentary rock.
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