Minerals
Properties of Minerals
Rock Types
Rock Formation
100
Minerals are considered ________________ solids.
What is inorganic?
100
A mineral was tested with copper and a nail to see if it could be scratched. the mineral's ________ are being tested.
What is hardness?
100
The _________________ represents the processes that change one type of rock into another.
What is the rock cycle?
100
________ make up sedimentary rocks.
What are sediments?
200
Minerals are made of elements. These elements affect the mineral's __________.
What are properties?
200
A mineral is found to have a white powder when scratched on a tile. The mineral's ________ is being tested.
What is streak?
200
Geologists look at mineral composition, color, and ________ to help identify rocks.
What is texture?
200
________________ has to occur for rocks to to turn back into magma.
What is melting?
300
All minerals are produced through a ____________ process.
What is a natural process?
300
A mineral has a shiny, metal like shine. This represents the mineral's ________.
What is luster?
300
________ rock is created when magma or lava cools and crystalizes.
What is igneous?
300
These two steps must occur first so that sedimentary rocks can be created.
What is erosion and deposition?
400
This property describes a mineral that breaks apart in an irregular way.
What is fracture?
400
A mineral was found to be non-metallic, very hard, fracture when breaking, and brown in color. It is...
What is garnet?
400
________ rock is created when sediments are pressed and cemented together.
What is sedimentary?
400
This determines if an igneous rock is intrusive or extrusive.
What is if the magma/lava cools above or below ground?
500
All minerals have a crystal structure. There are ______ categories or groups.
What is 6 categories?
500
A mineral has the following properties. Identify it.
Metallic luster, harder than a fingernail, and a reddish streak
What is hematite?
500
________ rock is created when existing rocks undergo extreme heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic?
500
Once sediments have been moved and deposited, they must be ___________ and ___________ to finally create a sedimentary rock.
What is compaction and cementation?