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The 3 properties of a mineral are _____________, ______________, and _______________.
Streak, luster, and hardness
When weathered rock is picked up and moved, it's called _____________.
Erosion
Jovian planets have small dense cores and are surrounded by __________________.
I am a colorless mineral with a hardness of 7 and may be used for jewelry. What mineral am I?
Quartz
Name a rock that is vesicular and has a felsic composition.
vesicular rhyolite
what is the COMPOSITION of limestone?
Calcite
During what ERA are the Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic periods?
Mesozoic
What two minerals are an ore of iron?
magnetite and hematite
Name 2 supergiant stars
Give an example of chemical weathering
acid rain, rusting
What breaks down rock by weathering?
wind, water, and gravity
How does magma turn into igneous rock?
process of solidification
Earth's layers of earth are ______________________.
crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
Extrusive rock is ______________.
What type of plate boundary is located near the East Pacific Ridge?
Divergent plate boundary
I am a yellow to amber mineral that leaves a white-yellow streak. What mineral am I?
Sulfur
A naturally occuring, inorganic material, with a crystalline structure, and definitely chemical composition is called a _______________.
Mineral
Cosmic background radiation provides evidence of the
Big bang
What star has a luminosity of 1 and a surface temperature of 5,800?
The sun
What is the hardness range found on the mineral chart?
1-7.5
What something is made of. The minerals that are found inside the rock.
Composition
________________ are small particles of rocks that form when rock breaks down
sediments
What rock is composed of the mineral halite that formed when seawater evaporated?
rock salt
Dynamic equilibrium means
Balance
Terrestrial planets are small, dense, and ____________.
rocky.