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The Rock Cycle
Moh's Hardness Scale
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
100
This rock is formed by cooled magma.
What is Igneous rock?
100
This is the hardness of something if it is scratchable by a penny.
What is 3.5?
100
This is when Igneous rock is formed below the surface.
What is intrusive.
100
This is where the sediments are usually deposited.
What are bodies of water?
100
This is the hardest mineral known to man.
What is Diamond?
200
This rock is formed by layers and layers of pieces.
What is Sedimentary rock?
200
This can be easily scratched with a fingernail on Moh's Hardness Scale.
What is Talc?
200
This is when Igneous rocks are formed above the surface.
What is extrusive?
200
The name of the process that causes minerals to settle and accumulate.
What is sedimentation?
200
This is the process that means to change in form.
What is metamorphism?
300
This rock is made by intense heat and pressure.
What is Metamorphic rock?
300
This mineral on the scale has a hardness of 7.
What is Quartz
300
This is the process of Igneous rock hardening.
What is crystallization?
300
A layer of sedimentary rock that distinguishes it from other layers.
What is a stratum?
300
This is the temperature at which the original rock melts.
What are 150 degrees celsius to 200 degrees celsius.
400
This is the process of breaking down rocks.
What is erosion?
400
This is the 3rd hardest mineral on the scale.
What is Topaz?
400
This is the temperature of when Igneous rocks have hardened and become rocks.
What is below 700 degrees celsius?
400
A scientific process that studies the properties of Sedimentary rocks.
What is sedimentology?
400
This is the pressure when the rocks begin to change.
What is 1500 bars?
500
Sediments
What are broken down pieces of minerals and rock called?
500
This is the only mineral on Moh's hardness scale that starts with an O.
What is Orthoclase?
500
This is the Latin word of which Igneous originated from
What is ignis?
500
This is the percentage that Sedimentary rock contributes to the Earth's crust.
What is 8%?
500
This is what the rock before it is changed called.
What is protolith?