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Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
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From magma, evaporation, in caves.
What is how do minerals form?
100
Igneous rocks are formed by this.
What is a volcano?
100
Pieces of rock, shell, grains form these.
What are sediments?
100
Causes these types of rocks to "morph."
What are heat and pressure?
100
An imaginary line around Earth exactly halfway between the north and south poles.
What is the equator?
200
Usually are made up of two or more minerals.
What are rocks?
200
Melted rock material cools on the Earth's surface.
What is extrusive igneous rock?
200
Is a type of organic rock made from tiny microorganisms.
What is chalk?
200
To change form. They change from igneous to this.
What is a metamorphic rock?
200
Can easily be mistaken for gold.
What is pyrite or fool's gold?
300
An Austrian geologist created a way to classify minerals from softest to hardest.
What is Moh's Scale?
300
Extrusive rocks form from this.
What is lava?
300
Sediments collect in layers to form these.
What are sedimentary rocks?
300
Do not have distinct layers or bands.
What are nonfoliated rocks?
300
Are minerals that are rare and can be cut and polished, giving them a beautiful appearance.
What is a gem?
400
An orderly pattern of atoms which are arranged in a repeating pattern are found in these.
What are crystals?
400
Another name for this is molten material.
What is magma?
400
We use it everyday, especially in our bbq's.
What is coal?
400
How different kinds of rocks are related to one another, and how rocks change from one type to another.
What is the rock cycle?
400
If a mineral contains enough useful substance and it can be sold for a profit.
What is an ore?
500
You used this on the lab last week to test the color of each mineral sample.
What is a streak plate?
500
A large crack in the Earth's crust from which lava erupts.
What is a fissure?
500
Melt cools below Earth's surface.
What is intrusive rock?
500
Slate and gneiss have visible layers and are this type of rock
What is a foliated rock?
500
The different factors that can change in an experiment.
What are variables?