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Rock cycle
Minerals
Metals
Metalloids & Nonmetals
Earthquake vs. Volcano
100
rock formed by heat and pressure in the Earth
What is metamorphic rock?
100
the way a rock breaks
What is cleavage?
100
term used to describe how shiny an object is
What is luster?
100
a semiconductor of heat and electricity
What is a metalloid?
100
Ring of Fire refers to these
What is volcano?
200
molten rock under the surface of the Earth
What is magma
200
the name of the hardness scale
What is Mohs?
200
allows electricity or heat to pass easily through it
What is a conductor?
200
has a dull luster
What is a nonmetal?
200
a person who studies earthquakes
What is a seismologist?
300
rock formed by layers of sediment that build and harden
What is sedimentary rock?
300
the softest mineral on the Mohs scale
What is talc?
300
metal that is good for cooking
What is iron or copper
300
cannot conduct heat or electricity
What is a nonmetal?
300
usually occur along a fault
What is an earthquake?
400
rock formed from lava
What is igneous rock?
400
the color a mineral leaves behind when scratched across an unglazed tile
What is streak?
400
the ability to be hammered into sheets without breaking
What is malleable or malleability?
400
would be good as the handle for a kitchen pot
What is nonmetal?
400
destroyed the city of Pompeii in Italy
What is a volcano or Mt. Vesuvius?
500
marble is what kind of rock
What is metamorphic rock?
500
the color of streak that Pyrite leaves
What is greenish black?
500
the ability to be formed into wire
What is ductility?
500
shiny luster, has malleability, but not a metal
What is metalloid?
500
scale for rating the intensity of earthquakes
What is the Richter scale?