Minerals
Rocks and Minerals
Metamorphic
Igneous
Anything goes
100
How many minerals do they know currently?
What is 4000
100
rocks that form when magma or lava cools
What is igneous
100
Rocks formed when older rocks are heated and/or squeezed are called ?
What is metamorphic
100
The ____________________ shows how rocks change from one type to another.?
What is Rock Cycle
100
What happened Friday night
What is Earthquake
200
Size of crystal in lava
What is small
200
Which properties are NOT commonly used to identify minerals??a. reaction with acid? b. specific gravity ?c. cleavage and fracture ?d. mass and size
What is d.
200
The word metamorphic means ____.?
What is change of form
200
Which can occur in the rock cycle?? a. Sedimentary rock is heated and squeezed to form metamorphic rock. ?b. Igneous rock is eroded to form metamorphic rock. ?c. Metamorphic rock melts to form sedimentary rock. ?d. none of the above?
What is A
200
Where did it occur?
What is Edgefield
300
a rare mineral that can be cut and polished, giving it a beautiful appearance
What is gemstone
300
Rocks are foliated or nonfoliated depending on their ____.? a. hardness ?b. layers or lack of layers ?c. cleavage and fracture? d. streak?
What is b.
300
Which can occur in the rock cycle? ?a. Sedimentary rock is heated and squeezed to form metamorphic rock. ?b. Igneous rock is eroded to form metamorphic rock. ?c. Metamorphic rock melts to form sedimentary rock. ?d. none of the above?
What is A
300
Which statement best describes how rocks are classified as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic?? a. Rocks are classified by where they are found. ? b. Rocks are classified by how old they are. ?c. Rocks are classified by how they were formed. ? d. Rocks are classified by their color.?
What is c
300
What is luster
What is Luster describes how light reflects from a mineral's surface?
400
What is a mineral's streak, and is it always the same as its color?
What is z Streak is the color shown when a mineral is scraped across an unglazed, white tile called a streak plate. No, streak is not always the same as color.
400
Solids that have a repeating pattern of atoms are called
What is Crystals
400
The rock cycle shows each rock ____. ?a. as it was millions of years ago ?b. on a continuing journey ?c. as it is in recent times
What is c
400
What type of rocks can not go straight from one type to another
What is Sedimentary has to go metaphoric first
400
Where are the olympic taking place?
What is Sochi
500
a mineral that contains something that can be useful and sold after processing
What is ore
500
What are three types of rocks and give examples of each
What is light-colored, often intrusive, igneous rocks containing a high percentage of silica?
500
A metamorphic rock could turn into a sedimentary rock and then back into metamorphic rock.
What is the Rock Cycle
500
Explain how a metamorphic rock could turn into a sedimentary rock and then back into metamorphic rock.
What is Rock Cycle
500
What are the three types of faults?
What is strike slip, reverse, normal