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100
Least useful property to identify minerals
What is color?
100
Schist, gneiss, marble are all examples of what type of rock?
What is metamorphic rock?
100
moving wind or water can cause this feature in sedimentary rock
What are ripple marks?
100
the process to change a sedimentary rock to an igneous rock
What is melting and cooling (hardening)?
100
series of geologic processes that changes one type of rock to another
What is the rock cycle?
200
The appearance or quality of light reflected from the surface of a mineral
What is luster?
200
Tectonic activity along a subduction zone causes _____________ metamorphism
What is regional metamorphism?
200
Two processes that form a sedimentary rock
What is weathering and erosion?
200
igneous rocks that cool inside the earth
What is intrusive?
200
the ratio of a mineral's mass to its volume
What is density (specific gravity)?
300
The resistance of a mineral to being scratched
What is hardness?
300
a metamorphic rock that exhibits visible bands of color have WHAT texture?
What is foliated?
300
a rock composed of cemented, rounded pebbles
What is conglomerate?
300
igneous rock that forms on the earth's surface
What is extrusive?
300
Coal is an example of what type of rock
What is organic sedimentary rock?
400
The color of the powdered form of a mineral
What is streak?
400
what two things need to be applied to a rock to change it to a metamorphic rock?
What is heat and pressure?
400
sedimentary rock formed from weathered particles of rocks and minerals
What is clastic sedimentary rock?
400
this texture results from fast-cooling magma
What is fine-grained?
400
an inorganic solid, with a characteristic chemical composition and physical properties
What is a mineral?
500
The tendency of minerals to break along smooth, flat surfaces
What is cleavage?
500
the main source of energy that drives Earth's rock cycle comes from
What is heat from Earth's interior?
500
remains of once living things found in sedimentary rock
What are fossils?
500
igneous rocks that are light in color and are high in silica
What is felsic igneous rock?
500
two most abundant ELEMENTS in common minerals
What is silicon and oxygen?
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