Minerals
Rock Cycle
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
100
the least useful property to use when identifying minerals.
What is color?
100
the 3 types of rocks
 What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
100

True or False:

Extrusive igneous rock is formed when lava hardens very slowly, making large crystals in the rock.

What is False?
100
the term for when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
100
what metamorphism means.
What is "to change form"?
200
the most abundant group of minerals... which includes quartz.
What are silicate minerals?
200
the difference between magma and lava
What is magma?
200
the term for igneous rock that is made mostly of dark-colored minerals
What is mafic?
200
the only sedimentary rock that has a chemical and organic form
What is limestone?
200
the two types of metamorphism
What are contact and regional?
300
the difference between cleavage and fracture.
What is cleavage is a flat break and fracture is a random break?
300
the term for weather pieces of Earth materials
What is sediment?
300
how you would describe the texture of an igneous rock that is cooled so fast there are no crystals (example: Obsidian)
What is glassy?
300
the 3 groups of sedimentary rocks.
What are clastic, chemical, and organic?
300

the type of metamorphism described below:

when magma moves into and touches existing rock, changing it chemically

What is contact metamorphism?
400
the way you can tell the difference between calcite and gypsum
What is calcite fizzes when exposed to acid and gypsum doesn't?
400

Fill in the blanks below:

1. Igneous rocks - ______ and _______ of magma

2. Sed. rocks - _______ and _______ weathered material.

3. Met. rocks - _______ and _______ affecting existing rocks.

What is

1. Cooling and crystallization

2. Compaction and cementation

3. Heat and pressure

400
the term for a large mass of igneous rock that forms when magma cools inside Earth.
What is a pluton?
400
the group of sedimentary rocks that Rock Salt belongs to.
 What is chemical sedimentary rock?
400
the term for when a metamorphic rock has a banded or layered texture
What is foliation?
500
the 5 characteristics to be considered a mineral.

What are

1. Naturally Occurring

2. Inorganic

3. Solid

4. Orderly crystal structure

5. Definite chemical composition

500
The reason why sedimentary rocks are the only ones that have fossils
What is that igneous and metamorphic rocks involve intense heat, which destroy the remains?
500

Determine the name of the rock based on the hints below:

a. Large crystals (coarse-grained)

b. Made of light-colored minerals (Felsic)


What is granite?
500

Determine the name of the rock based on the hints below:

a. part of the clastic group

b. large fragments that are ROUNDED

What is conglomerate?
500

Determine the name of the rock based on the hints below:

a. softer than fingernail

b. greasy feel

What is soapstone?
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