Rocks
What is a rock that is created by heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
What is the process where large rocks are broken down into smaller rocks by ice, temperature, plants, animals?
What is weathering
What is the name of the scale used to judge the hardness of minerals?
What is the name of an ancient rock that contains insects in perfect condition?
Amber (ancient tree resin)
What is the name of the igneous rock formed deep under ground near a volcano?
Igneous intrusive
What is a rock that is formed from volcanic magma?
igneous
What is transportation and deposition
What is the name of the test that shows color of dust given from certain minerals after rubbing across sandpaper or a white tile?
What is the streak test
What are two rocks that are igneous and found in Utah?
What are basalt and granite
Minerals are the building blocks of?
Rock
What is the type of rock formed by layers of sediments?
sedimentary
What is the process of wind and water that breaks down rock into particles or sediment and moves it?
What is erosion
On the Mohs scale talc is the softest mineral, what is the hardness of talc? 1 or 10?
1 is the softest and 10 is the hardest on the Mohs scale.
What is a special rock found in Utah that is made from layers of shells and sediments from the old Lake Bonneville?
What is limestone
What is the hardest mineral on the Mohs scale? What is its number?
Diamond it is a 10 on the Mohs scale.
What is the igneous rock that is formed outside the volcano--more quickly?
What is extrusive
What is the process where layers of sediment are joined and packed together?
cementation, compaction
What is the test to see if a mineral has a metallic shine?
What is the luster test
What are some sedimentary rocks commonly found in Utah?
Sandstone and conglomerate
What is the name of a person who studies rocks and earth?
Geologist
Which rock is most likely to contain fossils?
Sedimentary
What is the term for compaction and cementation?
Lithification
What is the test that shows how a mineral breaks apart? And if a mineral breaks apart with a flat smooth side, and is NOT irregular it is said to have good what?
What are some metamorphic rocks commonly found in Utah?
What are topaz and gneiss
What is the name of the process of breaking a rock that doesn't have "cleavage"?
fracture