The physical property of this describes a mineral’s fundamental unit of structure because every mineral has the same structure throughout.
What is shape?
100
This is the process by which magma cools and forms solid igneous rock.
What is crystallization?
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed from particles of sand, shells, pebbles, and other fragments of material. Together, all these particles are called this.
What is sediment?
100
The process by which rocks are changed in composition, texture, or structure by extreme heat and pressure.
What is metamorphism?
100
The process of recycling materials that make up the Earth's crust and mantle.
What is the rock cycle?
200
Minerals are important because they perform cellular processes in the body every day. This is an example of a mineral that the body needs.
What is calcium, iron, sodium, or magnesium?
200
If you break quartz to learn if it splits smoothly in a certain direction, you are looking at this physical property.
What is cleavage?
200
Sedimentary rocks are often soft. A measure of the ease with which a smooth surface of a mineral can be scratched, or of its resistance to abrasion is called this.
What is hardness.
200
Metamorphic rocks can be formed from these types of rocks.
What are igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, or other metamorphic rocks?
200
The elements that make up rocks are never created or destroyed because they are _________.
What is recycled.
300
There are naturally occurring compounds that come from the food an individual eats.
What are minerals?
300
Igneous rocks that form above the Earth's surface are called this.
What is extrusive?
300
Organic sedimentary rock are made up of plant and animal products or remains. These rocks could contain this.
What are fossils?
300
This refers to how light is reflected from the surface of a mineral. The two main types are metallic and nonmetallic.
What is luster?
300
This is the process that transforms solid rock back into liquid magma.
What is melting?
400
The process of water dissolving minerals in the cracks of rocks and eventually creating large crystals.
What is mineral crystal formation?
400
This is crystallized to form igneous rock.
What is magma?
400
During this process, loose sediment is compacted into rock.
What is cementation?
400
Metamorphic rocks often look like igneous rocks, except that they show bands of different mineral grains. These rocks are ___________.
What is foliated?
400
This is a combination of more than one type of mineral.
What is a rock?
500
This is a mineral that the body needs to build bone strength.
What is calcium?
500
Minerals that cool slowly form this size of crystals in igneous rocks.
What are large crystals?
500
This forms sedimentary rocks.
What is compaction & cementation
500
This is how metamorphic rocks form.
What is heat & pressure?
500
This is how long the rock cycle takes to complete.
What is hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years.