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100
All matter is made of substances called?
What are elements?
100
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid, with a specific chemical composition and a definite crystalline structure is a?
What is a mineral?
100
Rock formed from the crystallization of magma or lava?
What is an igneous rock?
100
Pieces of solid material that have been deposited on Earth's surface by wind, water, ice, gravity or chemical precipitation?
What are sediments?
100
When high temperature and pressure affect large regions of Earth's crust, they produce large belts of?
What is regional metamorphism?
200
The smallest particle of an element that has all of the characteristics of that element?
What is an atom?
200
Minerals that contain silicon and oxygen, and usually one or more other elements are known as?
What are silicates?
200
Fine grained igneous rocks that cooled on the outside of the Earth are called?
What is extrusive?
200
The process by which sediments are laid down on the ground or sink to the bottoms of bodies of water?
What is deposition?
200
When molten rocks come into contact with solid rock, a local effect is called?
What is contact metamorphism?
300
The electrons that determine the chemical behavior of different elements are?
What are valence electrons?
300
The color of a minerals when it is broken up and powdered?
What is streak?
300
Coarse-grained igneous rocks that cooled on the inside of the Earth's surface are called?
What is intrusive?
300
Physical and chemical processes that transform sediments into sedimentary rocks.
What is lithification?
300
Wavy layers and bands of minerals in metamorphic rocks are called?
What is foliation?
400
What are the forces that hold elements together in a compound?
What are chemical bonds?
400
A minerals that splits relatively easily and evenly along one or more flat planes has?
What is cleavage?
400
The process by which some minerals melt at low temperatures while other minerals remain solid is called?
What is partial melting?
400
The primary feature of sedimentary rocks is horizontal layering called?
What is bedding?
400
The parent rock of a metamorphic rock mostly affects the metamorphic rocks?
What is chemical composition?
500
The particles of a solid are arranged in regular geometric patterns called?
What is a crystalline structure?
500
What determines the hardness of a mineral?
What is the minerals chemical structure?
500
What is the name of a rock that is rich in iron and magnesium, but not silica?
What is mafic?
500
Rocks that are formed from evaporation or from the remains of once-living organisms?
What are chemical sedimentary rocks?
500
The continuous changing and remaking of rocks is called the?
What is the rock cycle?