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minerals
tests
rocks
vocabulary
potpourri
100
This mineral breaks off in very thin flakes
What is mica
100
Vinegar is used in this test.
What is the acid test?
100
This is a solid earth material formed by different minerals all mixed together a little like a chocolate chip cookie.
What is a rock?
100
The study of the Earth.
What is Geology?
100
The hardest substance on earth.
What are diamonds?
200
This mineral dissolves is vinegar
What is calcite
200
A fingernail was used in this test.
What is the scratch test?
200
This kind of rock is formed from lava.
What is igneous?
200
This is the type of rock born from lava.
What is igneous?
200
When limestone sits under tremendous pressure and heat it makes this kind of rock.
What is marble
300
This mineral is the hardest mineral we worked with in class.
What is quartz
300
A paperclip was used in this test.
What is the scratch test.
300
This kind of rock is formed when it changes under tremendous heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock.
300
This is information we can use to describe Earth materials.
What are properties?
300
This makes a rock bubble if it contains calcite.
What is vinegar?
400
This is the pink mineral that gives pink granite much of its color.
What is feldspar
400
This mineral was left in the evaporation tray after using the acid test on marble.
What is calcite?
400
This type of rock forms when small particles build up in layers over time.
What are sedimentary rocks?
400
This helps you separate small particles from water.
What is evaporation?
400
This kind of crystals were found in many of the mock rocks after evaporation.
What is salt crystals?
500
This is a mineral that you eat you commonly taste.
What is salt
500
This mineral was able to scratch every other rock and mineral we tested in class.
What is quartz
500
This type of rock we studied in class is made primarily of hornblende, feldspar, and quartz.
What is granite?
500
A person that studies rocks.
What is a geologist?
500
This is name of a measurement all the way around the outside of a rock.
What is circumference?