THIS MINERAL IS SO SOFT THAT YOU CAN WRITE WITH IT.
WHAT IS GRAPHITE?
THESE MUST BE COMPACTED AND CEMENTED TO FORM A SEDIMENTARY ROCK
WHAT ARE SEDIMENTS?
IF AN IGNEOUS ROCK ISN'T FELSIC, IT IS _______________.
WHAT IS MAFIC?
THIS IS THE SMALLEST SIZE OF CLASTIC SEDIMENT
WHAT IS CLAY?
THIS TYPE OF METAMORPHISM TRANSFORMS ENTIRE REGIONS OF ROCK
WHAT IS REGIONAL METAMORPHISM?
IGNEOUS: 4 SYLLABLES
WHAT IS OBSIDIAN?
THIS MINERAL SHOWS CLEAVAGE AND BUBBLES IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID.
WHAT IS CALCITE?
LAVA THAT IS DEEP UNDERGROUND
WHAT IS MAGMA?
IGNEOUS ROCKS RICH IN SILICON AND ALUMINUM HAVE THIS TYPE OF COMPOSITION.
WHAT IS FELSIC?
THIS BIOCLASTIC ROCK IS COMPOSED OF CARBON
WHAT IS BITUMINOUS COAL?
LIMESTONE CAN BECOME THIS METAMORPHIC ROCK THAT IS ALSO MADE OF CALCITE
WHAT IS MARBLE?
CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY: 3 SYLLABLES
WHAT IS BRECCIA?
ADD SOME IRON AND/OR MAGNESIUM TO MUSCOVITE MICA AND YOU GET THIS OTHER FORM OF MICA.
WHAT IS BIOTITE MICA?
THIS PROCESS TRANSFORMS A ROCK INTO ANOTHER WITHOUT MELTING
WHAT IS METAMORPHISM? (HEAT & PRESSURE ALSO ACCEPTABLE)
THE ROCK SEEN HERE CAN FLOAT DUE TO THIS TYPE OF TEXTURE.
WHAT IS VESICULAR?
EVAPORATING SEA WATER WILL RESULT IN THIS CRYSTALLINE SEDIMENTARY ROCK
WHAT IS ROCK SALT? (HALITE NOT ACCEPTABLE)
THIS TEXTURE DESCRIBES A ROCK THAT SHOWS ALTERNATING DARK AND LIGHT MINERAL LAYERS
WHAT IS FOLIATED? (BANDING ALSO ACCEPTABLE)
VESICULAR, MAFIC, IGNEOUS: 3 SYLLABLES
WHAT IS SCORIA?
THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A MINERAL ARE DETERMINED BY ITS INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT OF ___________.
What are ATOMS?
NEED SOME MAGMA? JUST SUBJECT ANY TYPE OF ROCK TO THIS PROCESS
WHAT IS MELTING?
THIS WORD DESCRIBES THE ENVIRONMENT OF FORMATION OF AN IGNEOUS ROCK THAT FORMED DEEP UNDERGROUND
WHAT IS INTRUSIVE? (PLUTONIC IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE.)
SEDIMENTS WITH A GRAIN SIZE OF 0.003 CM CAN BE COMPACTED AND CEMENTED INTO THIS SEDIMENTARY ROCK
WHAT IS SILTSTONE?
THIS METAMORPHIC ROCK IS ONLY FORMED BY CONTACT METAMORPHISM
WHAT IS HORNFELS?
FOLIATED, BANDING METAMORPHIC: 1 SYLLABLE
WHAT IS GNEISS?
THE MINERAL SEEN HERE IS AN ORE OF SAPPHIRE AND CAN SCRATCH QUARTZ. IT MUST HAVE A HARDNESS GREATER THAN _____________.
WHAT IS SEVEN?
THESE TWO PROCESSES BREAK UP AND TRANSPORT ROCKS AND SEDIMENTS
WHAT ARE WEATHERING AND EROSION?
THIS MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCK CONTAINS ONLY THE MINERAL OLIVINE.
WHAT IS DUNITE?
THE NAME OF THE FOSSIL SEEN HERE
WHAT IS MICROSPIRIFER?
THIS FOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCK MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN PYROXENE
WHAT IS SCHIST?
METAMORPHIC: 6 SYLLABLES
WHAT IS METACONGLOMERATE?