Minerals
So Many Rocks
That's a ROCK?!
The Rock Cycle
100
Minerals grow, but they do not have this
What is life?
100
All rocks began as this type of rock.
What is igneous rock?
100
marble
What is calcite?
100
Metamorphic rocks
What is heat and pressure?
200
The building blocks of rocks
What are minerals?
200
This rock was was formed by heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
200
toothpaste
What is fluorite?
200
Sedimentary rocks
What is weathering and erosion?
300
This person studies minerals
What is a geologist?
300
Igneous rocks are formed from this hot liquid.
What is magma?
300
bath powder
What is talc?
300
Igneous rocks
What is heating and cooling
400
People do not make minerals. Minerals are formed in this part of the Earth's crust.
What is the mantle?
400
This igneous rock was weathered by water and wind.
What is sedimentary rocks?
400
pencils
What is graphite?
400
These small particles that end up in rivers or lakes.
What are sediments?
500
Strong heat and another driving force form minerals.
What is pressure?
500
Metamorphic rocks can be changed in this way by heat and pressure to form a completely different rock.
What is chemically?
500
a penny
What is copper?
500
How an igneous rock changes into another type of rock.
What is heat and pressure?