Minerals, Rocks and More

Minerals

100

What is the name of the scale used to measure the hardness of minerals?

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Mohs Hardness Scale

200

List the two words that describe the LUSTER of a mineral.

Metallic and Nonmetallic

300

Name TWO of the five parts of the definition of a mineral.

1. Naturally occurring

2. Inorganic

3. Solid

4. Definite chemical composition

5. Particular Crystalline structure

400

List the TWO ways to describe how a mineral breaks.

Fracture and Cleavage

500

List FOUR of the six physical properties used to identify a mineral.

1. Color

2. Streak

3. Luster

4. Fracture/Cleavage

5. Hardness

6. Specific Gravity

Rock Cycle

100

This is a mixture of natural materials, like minerals and other organic matter

Rocks

200

The process by which wind, water, ice, and gravity transport sediment or other material to a new location.

Erosion

300

The study of rocks, their history and the processes that form and change them is called?

geology

400

Rock formed from the heating and cooling of magma or lava. SPELL IT!

Igneous

500

What specific type and kind of rock is sandstone?

Clastic sedimentary

Igneous

100

Igneous rocks are categorized as _________ or _________, depending on where the molten rock cooled.

extrusive and intrusive

200

Igneous rocks form from the ________ and ______ of magma or lava.

cooling and crystallization

300

This type of igneous rock texture can have holes due to gas bubbles getting trapped when the lava cools

extrusive

400

Name TWO of the three INTRUSIVE igneous rocks we studied this year.

gabbro, porphyry, granite

500

This is the most common igneous rock - it is an extrusive rock that is dark in color and found on the Hawaiian islands.

Basalt

Sedimentary

100

The final 2 processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?

compaction and cementation

200

What two processes create SEDIMENTS?

Erosion and deposition

300

This type of sedimentary rock is formed from the broken sediments and bits of other rock.

Clastic

Bonus point if you can name TWO clastic sedimentary rocks.

400

Name TWO non-clastic sedimentary rocks

limestone, chert or shale

500

This type of sedimentary rock is made from bits of shell cemented and compacted together.

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Coquina

Metamorphic

100

Two things that are required for metamorphic rock to form.

Heat and Pressure

200

Metamorphic rocks can be made from ____________, _______________, or _______________________ rocks.

sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous

300

Name THREE metamorphic rocks

Gneiss, schist, marble, slate, or quartzite

400

Name the parent rock of quartzite.

Sandstone

500

Name TWO of the three foliated metamorphic rocks we discussed in this chapter

slate, gneiss and schist