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Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
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Rocks are made of ______.
Minerals
100
Igneous rocks are formed by _____ and ______.
Cooling and hardening.
100
Metamorphic rocks are formed by _____ and ______.
Heat and pressure.
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed by ______ and _______.
Weathering and erosion!
100
What is the softest mineral on Moh's test?
Talc
200
What does luster mean when referring to minerals?
How it shines in light.
200
In igneous rocks, there are both small and large _____.
Crystals
200
Metamorphic rocks only need heat to form. True or false?
False. They also need pressure.
200
In sedimentary rocks, the sediments are arranged in ______.
Layers
200
If you found a rock by a river and there were lots of layers in it, what kind of rock would you have found?
A sedimentary rock.
300
Which mineral is the hardest mineral on Moh's test?
The Diamond
300
Name the two types of igneous rocks
Extrusive and intrusive.
300
In metamorphic rocks, the layers are _____ and _______.
squashed and curvy
300
Layers crystalize together after many _______ of years to form sedimentary rocks.
Thousands
300
The process that happens over and over and new rocks are formed by changes in it is called ______.
The rock cycle.
400
What is crystal formation when talking about minerals?
How many sides it has.
400
How do intrusive igneous rocks form and how to extrusive igneous rocks form?
Intrusive: Inside the volcano Extrusive: Outside the volcano
400
What two rocks can be formed into metamorphic rocks?
Sedimentary and igneous.
400
Sediments settle with the _____ sediments on the bottom and the _____ sediments on the top.
Heaviest; lightest
400
What does inorganic mean?
Not made from living things
500
What is streak when referring to minerals.
What color it leaves on the tile when it is scratched on it.
500
What are the two types of volcanos that igneous rocks come from?
Granite volcano and a basalt volcano
500
Name three metamorphic rocks.
Answers will vary
500
Give me three examples of sediments (broken down pieces of rock)
pebbles, sand, and silt
500
What metamorphic rock comes from pebbles?
Conglomerate.