Rock Types
Minerals
W.E.D
The Rock Cycle
Potpourri
100
This rock is formed below the earth's surface from magma.
What is intrusive igneous?
100
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
Minerals are made from one substance rocks are made from multipule
100
The chemical and physical breakdown of rocks into sediment.
What is weathering?
100
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
100
Breaks it, Takes it, Drops it
Weathering, Erosion,Deposition
200
tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. compressed into solid rock is called what?
What is sedimentary rock?
200
Name 3 of the 5 things that define what a mineral is
Inorganic, Solid, Definite chemical composition, ordered internal structure, Naturally occurring
200
List the 4 main types of erosion
Wind, Water, Gravity, Ice
200
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
200
These once covered most of Maine and did some serious W.E.D.
Glaciers
300
Melted rock that cools quickly results in igneous rocks with what?
Small crystals
300
What are 2 traits used to identify minerals
Streak, Color, Texture, Cleavage & Fracture, luster, special quality.
300
What type of weathering?
Root wedging
300
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
300
What are the layers of the earth?
Crust, Mantle, inner core, outer core.
400
What are 2 types of metamorphism(ways rocks become metamorphic rocks)?
Contact and regional and hydrothermal
400
How do minerals form?
Cooling from magma or minerals precipitate from water
400
What are 3 specific environments of deposition?
Deltas, Moraines, Sand Dunes, Lake Beds ,Debris Fans,Tidal Flats, Estuaries, Mangrove Swamps, Continental shelf, seamount, mid-ocean ridge
400
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
400
This is Mr. Mason's favorite type of erosion; when a large rock is picked up and moved by a glacier.
Glacial Erratic
500
What kind of rock is this?
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500
On the Mohs hardness scale what common item has a hardness between a fingernail and a iron nail?
Copper penny
500
a steep slope at the base of a mountain that's made up of an accumulation of broken-off rocks
Debris Fan
500
What is Missing? 
Erosion & Weathering
500
What are the 2 types of acid we have used for testing rock and minerals in class?
hydrochloric acid and vinegar