Igneous
Where do most igneous rocks form?
What is a volcano?
How do sedimentary rocks form?
What is they are formed by the accumulation of sediments.
How do most metamorphic rocks form?
What is under heat and pressure, from other rocks?
What particle has a positive charge?
What particle has a negative charge?
What is Proton and Electron?
What is a mineral?
What is a inorganic substance that makes up earth's sand soil and rocks?
Were igneous rocks the first to form on earth? Yes or no?
What is Yes?
Sedimentary rocks usually have layers. True or false?
What is True?
What is one type of Metamorphic Rocks?
What is granular, foliated, or non-foliated?
How many elements in the periodic table?
What is 118?
What property is the least reliable for mineral identification?
What is Color?
How many different types of igneous rocks are there?
What is 700+?
Where does the word "Sedimentary come from?"
What is the noun sediment comes from the Latin word sedere, meaning “to settle,” or “sit.”?
Why are metamorphic rocks good for building?
What is because they are strong and durable?
What element symbol is this: ox?
What is there is no element called "ox"?
What is the toughest and weakest mineral?
What is diamond is the hardest and Talc is the weakest?
Define intrusive igneous rocks
What is rocks that cool below the earth’s surface?
Define Compaction
What is the exertion of force on something so that it becomes more dense?
What is the geothermal gradient?
What is the increase in temperature while moving closer to the earth’s core?
What element makes blue glass?
What is Cobalt or CO?
List the two ways a crystal can form.
What is the cooling of magma and the evaporation of a mineral solution?
What % do igneous rocks make up the earth's surface?
What is 95%?
Name the 3 different types of sedimentary rocks and explain each one.
What is Clastic Sedimentary Rocks- are formed from mechanical weathering debris.
What is Chemical Sedimentary Rocks- form when dissolved materials precipitate from solution.
What is Organic Sedimentary Rocks- form from the accumulation of plant or animal debris.
What are two types of pressure in the metamorphic process?
What is Hydrostatic pressure and directed pressure?
How many liquids are on the periodic table?
What is 2?
Ice is a mineral but water is not. Why is water not a mineral?
What is Liquid. Needs to be a solid (one of the 5 characteristics of a mineral).