Minerals
the word that describes minerals that means it has never been alive.
What is inorganic?
an igneous rock can become a _____________ rock by heat and pressure
What is metamorphic?
color, hardness, magnetic, fluorescence, streak test, cleavage/fracture
What are the ways to test a mineral?
the two ways to describe where an igneous rock was formed
intrusive or extrusive
the movement of sediment to a different area
What is erosion?
Metamorphic rocks can be made from what other type of rock?
What is any other type of rock?
a sedimentary rock can become a metamorphic rock by ____________ and ______________
What is heat and pressure?
diamond
What is the hardest mineral on Mohs Hardness Scale?
how igneous rocks are made
What is cooling and hardening of lava or magma?
this is the action that "glues" or crystallizes a sedimentary rock together.
What is a cementation?
this is the type of metamorphic rock we looked at in class that is used in building (our sample was white)
What is marble?
an igneous rock can become a sedimentary rock by ___________ and ________________
What are weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation?
the testing of a mineral that tests how a mineral will break along smooth surfaces
What is cleavage?
igneous rocks that are made outside a volcano, made from lava
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
What are strata?
not on Earth's surface, but deep inside the Earth
What is where metamorphic rocks are made?
a metamorphic rock can become a sedimentary rock by _____________________
What are weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation?
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 the streak test?
igneous rocks that are made underground from magma, while inside the volcano
What are intrusive igneous rocks?
These remains of once living organisms can be found in sedimentary rocks
What are fossils?
the two types/classifications of metamorphic rock
what are foliated and non-foliated?
the way rocks change from one type to another is
What is the rock cycle?