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Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Detectives
100
Building blocks of rocks
What are minerals?
100
When magma hardens beneath Earth's surface
What are intrusive igneous rocks?
100
Sediments
What are pebbles, sand, dirt, leaves, bones or shells?
100
To change form
What is metamorphism?
100
Used to classify rocks
What are mineral properties?
200
The way light reflects off the surface of a mineral
What is luster?
200
Results from slow cooling of magma
What are course grained igneous rocks?
200
Sediments means of transportation
What is air, water and ice?
200
Causes formation of metamorphic rocks
What is heat and pressure?
200
Metamorphic rock that does not have banded layers
What are non-foliated metamorphic rocks?
300
The color left behind by minerals
What is streak?
300
When lava hardens
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
300
Plant and animal remains
What are fossils?
300
Banded or layered appearance
What are foliated metamorphic rocks?
300
Smooth and glassy rock
What are igneous rocks?
400
A minerals ability to scratch another mineral
What is hardness?
400
Varied rates of cooling
What is porphyritic texture?
400
Steps of sedimentary rock formation
What is erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
400
Produces the greatest volume of metamorphic rock
What is regional metamorphism?
400
Rocks that may contain fossils
What are sedimentary rocks?
500
When a mineral breaks along flat surfaces
What is cleavage?
500
One type of Igneous rock
What is obsidian, pumice, granite, baslat
500
An example of a clastic sedimentary rock
What is sandstone, shale, conglomerate
500
Example of a metamorphic rock
What is slate, marble, gneiss, schist
500
The name of a scientist who studies rocks
Who is a geologist?