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Rock Cycle
True or False
Vocabulary
Minerals Tests
Misc.
100
The ongoing process of rocks changing and forming new rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
100
Rocks always stay the same.
What is false?
100
This mineral is sometimes called "fools gold".
What is pyrite?
100
We used a nail and a penny to test this.
What is hardness?
100
The three types of rocks in the rock cycle are igneous, metamorphic, and this.
What is sedimentary?
200
These rocks are formed by weathering.They often look layered or like they have stripes.
What are sedimentary rocks?
200
You do not pronounce the "g" in "gneiss".
What is false.
200
If a mineral is completely see-through, we say it is this.
What is transparent?
200
If a mineral's luster looks like a drinking glass, vase, or eyeglass lenses, we use this term.
What is glassy?
200
"Opaque", "Translucent" and "Transparent" describe a mineral's this.
What is light transmissivity?
300
These rocks are formed by heat or pressure, or a reaction with water.
What are metamorphic?
300
There are five main types of rocks.
What is false.
300
To find a minerals identifying color, we scrape it across one of these.
What is a streak plate?
300
The softest mineral we tested was this.
What is talc?
300
Metallic, dull, waxy, and glassy describe what in a mineral?
What is luster?
400
Obsidian is this color.
What is black?
400
A transparent object transmits virtually all light. It is see-through.
What is true?
400
When a mineral does NOT break into distinct shapes, we call it this.
What is fracture?
400
This mineral had the most pungent oder.
What is sulfur?
400
This mineral can be pink, white, or gray.
What is quartz?
500
Kitchen counter tops are sometimes made of this.
What is granite or marble?
500
A mineral's hardness is considered "medium" if it can be scratched by a nail, but not by a penny.
What is true?
500
When a mineral breaks into distinct shapes, we say it has this.
What is cleavage?
500
"Metallic" describes pyrite's this?
What is luster?
500
The hardest mineral on Earth.
What is diamond?