ROCK AND MINERALS

#1

100

Inorganic, solid materials found in nature that are not formed from plants or animals.

What are MINERALS?

200

Minerals that form slowly with lots of room will have this type of crystal.

What is LARGE?

300

When you scrape a mineral across a white tile it produces a colored powder that may or may not be the same color as the mineral. This colored powder is the ____________________ of the mineral.

What is the STREAK?

400

When melted rock material cools on the surface of the earth, this forms.

What is EXTRUSIVE ROCK?

500

Light-colored igneous rocks are known as this.

What is GRANITIC ROCK.

#2

100

These rocks do not have visible layers.

What is NONFOLIATED?

200

Minerals that are rare and can be cut and polished, giving them a beautiful appearance.

What are GEMS?

300

This describes how the light reflects from a mineral's surface.

What is LUSTER?

400

Diamonds are most often found in this type of hardened magma.

What is KIMBERLITE?

500

This forms when existing rocks experience pressure and heat but not so it melts.

What is METAMORPHIC ROCK?

#3

100

Usually made of two or more minerals.

What are ROCKS?

200

Minerals that split into pieces with smooth, regular planes that reflect light are said to have this.

What is CLEAVAGE?

300

These form when melted rock material from the inside of the earth cools and hardens.

What is IGNEOUS ROCKS?

400

This forms when melted rock material cools below the earth's surface.

What is INTRUSIVE ROCK?

500

Dark-colored igneous rocks are this.

What is BASALTIC?

#4

100

This is a model that describes how different kinds of rocks are related to one another and how rocks change from one type to another.

What is THE ROCK CYCLE?

200

This contains enough of a useful substance that it can be sold for a profit.

What is an ORE?

300

This is the hardest mineral with a Mohs Scale of Hardness of 10.

What is a DIAMOND?

400

When an ore is refined, it means it is _______________.

What is PURIFIED?

500

This is a type of rock that has visible layers.

What is FOLIATED?

#5

100

Solid materials that are arranged in a pattern of repeating atoms.

What are CRYSTALS?

200

Minerals that break into jagged or rough edges are said to have this.

What is FRACTURE?

300

THIS COMPARES THE WEIGHT OF A MINERAL WITH THE WEIGHT OF AN EQUAL VOLUME OF WATER.

What is SPECIFIC GRAVITY?

400

This is formed when sediment collects in layers and is squeezed by pressure.

What is SEDIMENTARY ROCK?

500

These are made of grains of minerals or other rocks that have moved and been deposited in layers by water, ice, gravity or wind.

What is DETRITAL ROCKS?