Rocks or Minerals 1
Rocks or Minerals 2
Rocks or Minerals 3
Rocks or Minerals 4
Rocks or Minerals 5
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a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and definite chemical composition
What is mineral
100
the way a mineral reflects light from its surface
What is luster
100
Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
What is deposition
100
the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight
What is compaction
100
Igneous rock that forms from when magma hardens beneath the Earth's surface.
What is intrusive rock
200
a mineral’s ability to split easily along flat surfaces
What is cleavage
200
a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again
What is crystal
200
the look and feel of a rock’s surface, determined by the size, shape, and pattern of a rock’s grains
What is texture
200
a material found in magma that is formed from the elements oxygen and silcon
What is silica
200
Sedimentary rock that forms form the remains of organisms deposited in thick layers
What is organic rock
300
Earth materials such as pieces of rock that are deposited by erosion
What is sediment
300
the color of a mineral’s powder
What is streak
300
a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
What is igneous rock
300
igneous rock that forms from lava
What is extrusive rock
300
Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution
What is chemical rock
400
a series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
What is rock cycle
400
the way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way
What is fracture
400
the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil
What is erosion
400
the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass
What is cementation
400
Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed under high pressure.
What is clastic rock
500
not formed from living things or the remains of living things
What is inorganic
500
term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands
What is foliated
500
a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
What is sedimentary rock
500
a type of rock that forms from an exiting rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions
What is metamorphic rock
500
Name the Seven ways to identify minerals
What is color, streak , hardness, density, luster, special properties, and cleavage and fracture
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