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Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rocks and Minerals
100
a mineral that has a similar color to gold
What is pyrite?
100
a common igneous rock that is black and very glossy
What is obsidian?
100
sedimentary rocks are made of layers of _______________
What is sediment?
100
metamorhpic rocks are made by __________ and ___________
What is heat and pressure?
100
an igneous rock can become a _____________ rock by heat and pressure
What is metamorphic?
200
color, hardness, magnetic, fluorescence, scratch/streak test, cleavage
What are three ways to test a mineral?
200
a common description to identify an igneous rock
What are spots of ash or holes where air bubbles popped?
200
sedimentary rocks could be made when __________ bring new sediment into an area
What are floods, droughts, glaciers melting, etc.?
200
the _____________ in the rock are often changed as well
What are minerals?
200
a sedimentary rock can become a metamorphic rock by ____________ and ______________
What is heat and pressure?
300
diamond
What is the most common and hardest mineral?
300
how igneous rocks are made
What is volcanoes?
300
one of the major types of sedimentary rocks
What is sandstone, conglomerate, or shale?
300
name two common types of metamorphic rocks
What is marble, gneiss, schist, and slate?
300
an igneous rock can become a sedimentary rock by ___________ and ________________
What is weathering and erosion?
400
the testing of a mineral that tests how a mineral will break (1, 2, 3, cubic, etc.)
What is cleavage?
400
igneous rocks that are made outside a volcano, made from lava
What is extrusive rocks?
400
a common way to identify many sedimentary rocks
What are look for layers?
400
metamorphic rocks are made _________ground
What is under?
400
a metamorphic rock can become a sedimentary rock by _____________________
What is weathering and erosion?
500
the testing of a mineral that requires you to scrape the mineral along a piece of tile to see the color left behind
What is streak/strike test?
500
igneous rocks that are made underground from magma, while inside the volcano
What is intrusive rocks?
500
_________________ are usually found in sedimentary rocks
What are fossils?
500
metamorphic rocks get their name because morph means ________________
What is change?
500
the way rocks change from one type to another is called the __________ ____________
What is the rock cycle?