Rocks
What is the recycling of rocks and the ability for certain types of rocks to become other types.
What is... The Rock Cycle
What is the recycling of water called?
What is... The Water Cycle
This property of minerals is the worst for identifying minerals.
What is... Color
The physical or chemical BREAKDOWN of a rock is called?
What is... Weathering
What is the MOVEMENT of minerals called?
What is... Erosion
This type of rock is made from Melting and Cooling
What is... Igneus
Water is a ______ molecule. Meaning it has a positive and and negative end.
What is... Polar
The property of minerals is how the mineral reflects light. (Ex. Shiny, Earthy, Dull)
What is... Luster
Carbonic acid being trapped in rain droplets falling to the ground is called....
What is... Acid Rain
What is the settling of sediments called?
What is... Deposition
This type of rock is made from the compaction and cementation of smaller minerals to become one.
What is... Sedimentary
Water going from a gas to a liquid is called... (Ex. Clouds forming)
What is... Condensation
You must scratch the minerals with different objects to determine this property of minerals.
What is... Hardness
This example of chemical weathering causes rust.
What is... Oxidation
Liquid water getting into cracks, freezing then breaking apart a rock is called...
What is... Ice Wedging/Freezing and Thawing
This type of rock is made from HEAT and PRESSURE
What is... Metamorphic
The movement of water through plants is called....
What is... Transpiration
What is the name of the scale that determines the hardness of a mineral?
What is... Mohs Hardness scale
Give me 2 examples of a chemical change.
What is... Color change, smoke, bubbling
How can trees cause mechanical weathering?
What is... root wedging
Rock are classified by what?
What is... How they're made
The ability for water molecules to stick to themselves is called....
What is... Cohesion
The ability for minerals to break along smooth, even lines.
What is... Cleavage
When we broke the TUMS in half during our chemical weathering lab, what were we increasing?
What is... Surface Area
The grinding, scraping or rubbing of minerals is called....
What is... abrasion