Minerals
Quartz made in a factory is a good example of a mineral (true or false)
False
The grain size for a rock with LARGE pieces.
What is coarse grained?
Igneous rocks form from this.
What is volcanoes.....cooling magma/lava
This rock types forms when pieces of other rock, dead animals and/or plants are cemented and compacted together.
What is sedimentary rock?
A metamorphic rock can change into a different metamorphic rock (true or false)
TRUE!
A piece of coal made of dead organic plants is a good example of a mineral (true or false)
False
A rock that has very small grains is called....
What is fine grained?
An igneous rock that formed from cooling magma.
What is an intrusive igneous rock?
This sedimentary rock is made of pieces of other rocks (clastic, organic, chemical)
The two things metamorphic rocks need in order to form.
What is heat and pressure?
Name at least 2 of the 5 characteristics of a mineral.
What is naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, crystal structure, and chemical compound?
The grain pattern for a rock with stripes or bands.
What is foliated/banded?
The Earth's rocks are 95% this rock type.
What is igneous rocks?
This sedimentary rock has remains of plants and animals cemented and compacted together (clastic, organic, chemical)
What is organic?
Metamorphic rocks are categorized in these two ways.
What is foliated and non-foliated?
The name of the mineral test where you scrape a mineral on a piece of glass.
What is the hardness test?
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An igneous rock that was formed from cooling lava.
What is an extrusive igneous rock?
This sedimentary rock forms when minerals are dissolved in water and then reform (clastic, chemical, organic)
What is chemical?
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The mineral property that tells you whether the mineral is metallic or non metallic.
What is luster?
Name at least 2 of the 4 classifications for rocks
What is color, texture, mineral composition, origin?
The two different types of igneous rocks are categorized based on this.
What is where they cooled off or formed?
Name the three different types of sedimentary rocks.
What is clastic, chemical, and organic?
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