Rocks
Minerals
Rock Cycle
Natural Resources
100

A solid material made of one or more different minerals

What is a Rock?

100

A natural, inorganic solid substance that has definite chemical composition and crystal structure; the "ingredients" of rocks

What is a Mineral?

100

Any type of rock can turn back into magma if it undergoes what process?

What is Melting?

100

Solar, wind, and hydropower are all examples of what type of energy?

What is Renewable?

200

A type of rock formed by cooled magma or lava; its name comes from the Latin word for fire

What is Igneous?

200

A mineral property that is measured on a scale from 1 to 10 that can be tested by scratching the mineral on different objects

What is Hardness?

200

What are the small, weathered pieces of rocks called?

What are Sediments?

200

A type of energy that CANNOT be replenished within a human lifetime is called...

What is Nonrenewable?

300

This type of rock is made up of weathered pieces of other rocks and can include fossils of plants and animals

What is Sedimentary?

300

How light reflects off the surface of a mineral; how shiny a mineral is

What is Luster?

300

If any type of rock is subjected to great ____ and ________, it can become metamorphic.

What is Heat and Pressure?

300

This term describes the three nonrenewable energy sources that require burning to release energy (and also release pollutants into the atmosphere)

What are Fossil Fuels?

400
A type of rock that has bands or ribbonlike layers; these are formed from great heat and pressure inside the Earth

What is metamorphic?

400

A mineral property that can be tested by rubbing the mineral on a white, porcelain plate to see the color of the mineral’s powder

What is Streak Color?

400

"The Two C's" that help sediment turn into a sedimentary rock.

What are Compaction and Cementation?

400

Hydropower and wind power use motion to spin _________ that are connected to a generator that generates electricity.

What are Turbines?

500

An intrusive igneous rock forms from cooled ______, is coarse-grained, and has ______ crystals

What is Magma, Large?

500

The only mineral that reacts to HCl acid

What is Calcite?
500

Magma cools into an _________ igneous rock, while lava cools into an _________ igneous rock.

What are Intrusive and Extrusive?
500

A nonrenewable energy source that is relatively safe for the environment and is considered sustainable; the process for obtaining this energy requires the splitting or merging of an atom

What is Nuclear Energy?