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VOCABULARY
MINERALS
ROCKS
SOIL
RANDOM
100
The continuous process in which one type of rock changes into another type.
What is the rock cycle?
100
The color of the powder left behind when you rub a mineral against a rough white tile or streak plate.
What is streak?
100
Rocks formed when sediments are cemented together.
What are sedimentary rocks?
100
All soil is made of this.
What is weathered rock?
100
Stalactites and stalagmites are considered to be this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
200
A natural substance made of one or more minerals.
What is a rock?
200
A mineral's ability to resist being scratched.
What is hardness?
200
Rocks that form when melted rock cools and hardens.
What are igneous rocks?
200
This decayed plant and animal matter is found in the top layer of soil.
What is humus?
200
An igneous rock with large crystals would have been formed here.
What is underground?
300
A naturally occurring, nonliving solid that has a specific chemical makeup and a repeating structure.
What is a mineral?
300
The way a mineral's surface reflects light.
What is luster?
300
Rocks formed when high heat and great pressure change existing rocks into a new form.
What are metamorphic rocks?
300
Humus adds these to soil.
What are nutrients?
300
This is the first step in the process of forming sedimentary rocks.
What is weathering?
400
The process of moving sediment by wind, moving water, or ice.
What is erosion?
400
The name of the scale that measures the hardness of minerals.
What is the Mohs' Hardness Scale?
400
Metamorphic rocks can be found under these.
What are mountain ranges?
400
This is the reason why there are different types of soil.
What is different rocks contain different minerals?
400
W E D stands for this (in science class!).
What is Weathering, Erosion, Deposition?
500
The process in which sediment settles out of water or is dropped by wind.
What is deposition?
500
This mineral produces a double image because of the way it refracts light.
What is calcite?
500
The first step in the formation of sedimentary rock is this.
What is weathering?
500
These often help to break down soil and weather rocks.
What are plant roots?
500
This is the name of the metamorphic rock at the bottom of the Grand Canyon being looked at by a scientist in your textbook on page 224.
What is Vishnu Schist?