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Rock cycle
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Minerals
100
When rocks are being formed, worn down and formed again.
What is the rock cycle?
100
Forms when magma or lava cools and hardens into rock.
What are igneous rock?
100
Forms in one of three main ways.
What are sedimentary rocks?
100
A rock that does not react with acid.
What is quarzite?
100
The building blocks for making rocks.
What are minerals?
200
The three types of rocks.
What are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
200
Molten rock that is underground.
What is magma?
200
Three main ways that sedimentary rocks can form.
What are clastic, chemical, and organic?
200
A rock that may contain fossils.
What is slate?
200
A very common way to identify a mineral
What is color?
300
The most common material on earth.
What are rocks?
300
Molten rock that is above ground
What is lava?
300
These form from the breakdown material of other rocks.
What are clastic sedimentary rocks?
300
Rocks that are non-foliated.
What are marble and quartzite rocks?
300
A combination of silicon and oxygen.
What are quartz?
400
This is the driving force of the rock cycle.
What is plate tectonic movement?
400
Two types of igneous rocks
What is intrusive and extrusive?
400
These are formed when mineral rich water evaporates and leaves material behind.
What are chemical sedimentary rocks?
400
The color of a mineral in powdered form.
What is streak?
500
a rock that forms during rapid cooling of lava.
What is obsidian?
500
These are formed from fossils.
What are organic sedimentary rocks?
500
Heat and Pressure
What makes a metamorphic rock?
500
A resistance of mineral to scratching.
What is hardness?