Minerals can be identified by their hardness. The hardest mineral is...
What is diamond
100
Basic building block of rocks
What are minerals.
100
This forms when melted rock, or magma, cools and hardens
What is igneous rock
100
This rock is usually white and formed on the bottom of oceans from the remains of once-living things
What is limestone
100
Non-living solid that has a crystal form
What is a mineral
200
Words that describe "luster"
What is glassy, metallic, waxy, earthy
200
Five physical properties of rocks
What is What are color, streak, hardness, cleavage and luster
200
Forms from sediment that is cemented together
What is sedimentary rock
200
Sedimentary rocks are formed from sediments and pressed together in these
What is layers
200
Can be described using words such as metallic, earthy, glassy, waxy
What is luster
300
Hardness of a mineral is determined by the ability to scratch another mineral. A mineral that can be scratched by several objects such as a penny or nail would be considered to be harder or softer that a mineral that cannot be scratched.
What is softer
300
Measure hardness using this scale
What is What is the Mohs' hardness scale
300
Trey is looking at some rocks. He finds some with imprints of shells. The type of rock that Trey has found is most likely...
What is sedimentary
300
The process by which one kind of rock changes to another
What is the rock cycle
300
Minerals that breaks along straight, smooth lines is said to have...
What is cleavage
400
DAILY DOUBLE
Bone is a Mineral. True or False? Explain your answer.
What is False. Bone is made by living things, so it is not a mineral.
400
Scientist that studies rocks
What is geologist
400
Rock that is changed by heat and pressure deep in Earth is....
What is metamorphic rock
400
True or False Layers of sedimentary rocks are always the same thickness
What is false
400
Color left behind when a mineral is rubbed across a white tile
What is streak
500
This mineral is known as table salt
What is halite
500
Describe a diamond using vocabulary from this unit
What is hardest mineral, glassy (answers may vary)