Minerals
One property of minerals, but not a good way to identify minerals.
What is color?
An igneous rock is formed by cooled and hardened _____?
What is magma?
A rock that forms from small pieces of other rock is a _______?
What is sedimentary rock?
Metamorphic rocks have been exposed to intense _____ and _____?
What is heat and pressure?
What is a naturally occurring solid made up of one or more minerals?
What is a rock?
The color of the powder left behind when a mineral is rubbed against a rough white tile
What is streak?
An igneous rock is found inside or outside of what type of landscape formation?
What is a volcano?
What is the scientific term for carrying away of weathered rock?
What is erosion?
With enough heat and pressure, metamorphic rock can be changed into other kinds of ______ _____?
What is metamorphic rock?
A scientist who studies minerals and rocks is called a ________?
What is geologist?
What is a way that minerals break if they do not cleave, or break into regular shapes?
What is fracture?
True or False? An igneous rock can have large crystals, small crystals, or no crystals at all?
What is true?
Little pieces of rock are called _____?
What is sediment?
A male puppy inherits traits from
both parents
A compilation of different processes and the paths that rocks can take to become other types of rocks is called the_____?
What is the rock cycle?
A minerals ability to scratch another mineral is its _____?
What is hardness?
What is molten rock that is on Earth's surface?
What is lava?
The process of wearing away rocks is called _____?
What is weathering?
True or false? It only takes a couple of days to change an metamorphic rock into a sedimentary rock?
What is false?
When sediment is set down or deposited it is called _____?
What is deposition?
With a hardness of 10, what is the name of the hardest mineral?
What is diamond?
What is the name of an igneous rock that is referred to as volcanic glass?
What is obsidian?
Some sedimentary rocks contain pieces of _____ from the ocean?
What are shells?
Metamorphic rocks have crystals that are arranged in _______ or _______?
What are stripes or bands?
What are the four processes that cause an igneous rock to change into a sedimentary rock?
What are weathering, erosion, deposition and cemented?