MINERALS
THE ROCK CYCLE
IGNEOUS ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
ROCK SYLLABLES
100

THIS MINERAL IS SO SOFT THAT YOU CAN WRITE WITH IT.


WHAT IS GRAPHITE?

100

THESE MUST BE COMPACTED AND CEMENTED TO FORM A SEDIMENTARY ROCK

WHAT ARE SEDIMENTS?

100

IF AN IGNEOUS ROCK ISN'T FELSIC, IT IS _______________.

WHAT IS MAFIC?

100

THIS IS THE SMALLEST SIZE OF CLASTIC SEDIMENT

WHAT IS CLAY?

100

THIS TYPE OF METAMORPHISM TRANSFORMS ENTIRE REGIONS OF ROCK

WHAT IS REGIONAL METAMORPHISM?

100

IGNEOUS: 4 SYLLABLES

WHAT IS OBSIDIAN?

200

THIS MINERAL SHOWS CLEAVAGE AND BUBBLES IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID.


WHAT IS CALCITE?

200

LAVA THAT IS DEEP UNDERGROUND

WHAT IS MAGMA?

200







IGNEOUS ROCKS RICH IN SILICON AND ALUMINUM HAVE THIS TYPE OF COMPOSITION.

WHAT IS FELSIC?

200

THIS BIOCLASTIC ROCK IS COMPOSED OF CARBON

WHAT IS BITUMINOUS COAL?

200

LIMESTONE CAN BECOME THIS METAMORPHIC ROCK THAT IS ALSO MADE OF CALCITE

WHAT IS MARBLE?

200

CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY: 3 SYLLABLES

WHAT IS BRECCIA?

300

ADD SOME IRON AND/OR MAGNESIUM TO MUSCOVITE MICA AND YOU GET THIS OTHER FORM OF MICA.


WHAT IS BIOTITE MICA?

300

THIS PROCESS TRANSFORMS A ROCK INTO ANOTHER WITHOUT MELTING

WHAT IS METAMORPHISM? (HEAT & PRESSURE ALSO ACCEPTABLE)

300

THE ROCK SEEN HERE CAN FLOAT DUE TO THIS TYPE OF TEXTURE.


WHAT IS VESICULAR?

300

EVAPORATING SEA WATER WILL RESULT IN THIS CRYSTALLINE SEDIMENTARY ROCK

WHAT IS ROCK SALT? (HALITE NOT ACCEPTABLE)

300



THIS TEXTURE DESCRIBES A ROCK THAT SHOWS ALTERNATING DARK AND LIGHT MINERAL LAYERS

WHAT IS FOLIATED? (BANDING ALSO ACCEPTABLE)

300

VESICULAR, MAFIC, IGNEOUS: 3 SYLLABLES

WHAT IS SCORIA?

400

THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A MINERAL ARE DETERMINED BY ITS INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT OF ___________.

What are ATOMS?

400

NEED SOME MAGMA? JUST SUBJECT ANY TYPE OF ROCK TO THIS PROCESS

WHAT IS MELTING?

400

THIS WORD DESCRIBES THE ENVIRONMENT OF FORMATION OF AN IGNEOUS ROCK THAT FORMED DEEP UNDERGROUND


WHAT IS INTRUSIVE? (PLUTONIC IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE.)

400

SEDIMENTS WITH A GRAIN SIZE OF 0.003 CM CAN BE COMPACTED AND CEMENTED INTO THIS SEDIMENTARY ROCK


WHAT IS SILTSTONE?

400

THIS METAMORPHIC ROCK IS ONLY FORMED BY CONTACT METAMORPHISM

WHAT IS HORNFELS?

400

FOLIATED, BANDING METAMORPHIC: 1 SYLLABLE

WHAT IS GNEISS?

500

THE MINERAL SEEN HERE IS AN ORE OF SAPPHIRE AND CAN SCRATCH QUARTZ. IT MUST HAVE A HARDNESS GREATER THAN _____________. 

WHAT IS SEVEN?

500

THESE TWO PROCESSES BREAK UP AND TRANSPORT ROCKS AND SEDIMENTS

WHAT ARE WEATHERING AND EROSION?

500

THIS MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCK CONTAINS ONLY THE MINERAL OLIVINE.


WHAT IS DUNITE?

500

THE NAME OF THE FOSSIL SEEN HERE


WHAT IS MICROSPIRIFER?

500

THIS FOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCK MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN PYROXENE

WHAT IS SCHIST?

500

METAMORPHIC: 6 SYLLABLES

WHAT IS METACONGLOMERATE?