Minerals
Why are minerals important? What do they make up?
Rocks
An intrusive igneous rock formed where?
Inside the earth
How do sedimentary rocks form? Hint: The ______, _______, ________, and ________ of sediments.
Deposition, Burial, Compaction, and Cementation (lithification)
What two conditions cause metamorphism?
Heat and/or Pressure
What process converts magma to igneous rock?
Solidification
True or false: color is the best characteristic to use to identify a mineral.
False
An extrusive igneous rock that cools very fast will have what kind of texture?
Glassy
Sedimentary rocks are the only type of rocks that can have what?
Fossils
Limestone is the parent rock of what metamorphic rock that is commonly used for countertops?
Marble
Weathering and erosion of a metamorphic rock produces what?
Sediments
The way a mineral reflects light is referred to as its what?
Luster
How does an igneous rock form?
The solidification of molten rock (magma/lava)
What monomineralic rock is made up of precipitates of biologic origin or cemented shell fragments?
Limestone
Contact metamorphism occurs when the heat from nearby __________ causes rock to recrystalize?
Magma/Lava
Rocks are divided into the categories of Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic based on what?
How they form.
The internal arrangement of atoms.
I have a fine texture, a felsic composition, and am non-vesicular. What kind of igneous rock am I?
Rhyolite
The layering commonly observed in sedimentary rocks reflects the ___________ deposition of sediments.
Horizontal
What high-grade metamorphic rock exhibits banding?
Gneiss
What process converts a sedimentary rock to magma?
Melting
I shine like metal, I scratch glass, and I've been known to fool people. What mineral am I?
Pyrite
Name an igneous rock that is composed of the minerals Plagioclase Feldspar, Biotite, Pyroxene, Amphibole, and Olivine.
Basaltic Glass -or- Scoria -or- Vesicular Basalt -or- Basalt -or- Diabase -or- Gabbro
What clastic sedimentary rock is made up of sediments with a grain size between 0.0004 and 0.006 cm?
Siltstone
Further metamorphism of phyllite produces what?
Schist
Name all the types of rock that can become metamorphic rocks.
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic