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Igneous & Metamorphic
Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
Properties of Minerals
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Challenge
Rockin' out
100
This can cool and harden and form igneous rock.
What is magma or lava?
100
These are little pieces of rocks, pebbles, mineral grains, and shell fragments that eventually form rocks.
What are sediments?
100
The way light reflects off of a mineral.
What is luster?
100
The softest mineral on earth.
What is Talc?
100
The process of rocks changing from one kind of rock to another kind of rock over long periods of time.
What is the rock cycle?
200
This rock is formed when Granite is put under extreme heat and pressure.
What is Gneiss?
200
These are two ways that sediments are formed.
What is weathering and erosion?
200
The scale that is used to measure the hardness of minerals
What is Moh's Hardness Scale
200
The rock used to make counter tops.
What is a granite or marble?
200
Name two ways people use rocks.
What is buildings, walls, roads, jewelry, decoration, countertops?
300
This rock is formed when Shale is subjected to extreme heat and pressure.
What is Slate?
300
These 2 things cause metamorphic rocks to form.
What are heat and pressure?
300
Another way to identify minerals; it leaves the color of the powder behind when rubbed against a rough white tile.
What is streak?
300
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid, that has a definite chemical composition and crystal structure.
What is a mineral?
300
What happens if an igneous rock weathers? What rock does it turn into?
What is sedimentary rock?
400
This type of igneous rock is black with a glassy texture. We looked at it in class.
What is obsidian?
400
For an Igneous rock to become a sedimentary rock, what needs to happen?
What is weathering, erosion, compaction, and cementation?
400
The metamorphic rock that is formed when limestone is experiences extreme heat and pressure.
What is marble?
400
A hard substance composed of one or more minerals.
What is a rock?
400
The hardest mineral.
What is a diamond?
500
This rock is formed when Basalt is subjected to extreme heat and pressure.
What is Schist?
500
The type of sedimentary rock that fizzes (produces small bubbles) when a weak acid eg. vinegar is put on it.
What is limestone?
500
You can see this property just by looking at a mineral. Many minerals can be several of these.
What is color?
500
The rock also known as 'fools gold'
What is pyrite?
500
The 5 ways to test the properties of a mineral.
What is luster, streak, hardness, color and cleavage or fracture