Minerals
This describes the way light reflects off the surface of a mineral.
What is luster?
This can cool and harden to form igneous rocks.
What is lava?
This rock is usually white and formed on the bottom of oceans from the remains of once-living things.
What is limestone?
The force that squeezes rocks together.
What is pressure?
The range of numbers in Moh's scale.
What is 1-10?
This is the color of the powder left behind when a mineral is scratched along a white tile.
What is streak?
This type of igneous rock is formed when magma cools below the Earth's surface?
What is intrusive?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from sediments and pressed together in these:
What are layers?
Marble is made from this sedimentary rock
What is limestone?
This mineral is listed #7 on Moh's hardness scale.
What is quartz?
The way a mineral splits.
What is cleavage?
This type of igneous rock forms when lava cools above the Earth's surface.
What is extrusive?
This rock is formed when bits of sand become cemented together.
What is sandstone?
Some uses of metamorphic rocks are:
What are buildings, sidewalks, statues, and jewelry?
Minerals that can be scratched by a fingernail.
What are talc and gypsum?
This is a mineral's ability to scratch another mineral.
What is hardness?
This igneous rock is black with a glassy texture.
What is obsidian?
The order in which the layers of sedimentary rocks are formed.
What is from bottom to top?
A waterproof rock that is used to make walkways and roofs
What is slate?
This mineral is so soft that we use it on babies.
What is talc?
These are 30 minerals that are common in rocks.
What are rock-forming minerals?
The word igneous means:
What is fire-made?
This word means "lumped together"
What is conglomerate?
True or False:
Metamorphic rocks are formed only from sedimentary and igneous rocks.
What is false?
This mineral tops all others and is a highly prized gemstone.
What is diamond?