What is a metallic mineral is shiny and harder to scratch.
100
The further you get to the Earth's core, does it get colder or hotter?
What is hotter
100
What is the rock cycle?
What is the continuous series of changes that rocks undergo?
100
What is a mineral
What is a non-living solid material that has a definite chemical makeup?
200
What is the process that gem cutters use to grind gems called when cleavage planes don't work?
What is faceting or facets?
200
Fill in the blank: A shiny luster reflects like _______ does.
What is metal
200
What is sedimentary rock made of?
What is sand, bits of dead animals and dirt.
200
Where do sedimentary rocks form?
What is near the earth's surface?
200
What are Earth's four layerS?
What is the Crust, Inner core, Mantle, and Outer core?
300
What is the description of the way a mineral surface looks when light reflects off of the surface?
What is a mineral's luster?
300
What is the difference between metallic and non metallic minerals?
What is Non metallic minerals are dull while metallic minerals are glassy and shiny.
300
What causes holes in rocks?
What is bubbles or pockets of air.
300
How does weathering affect rocks?
What is it breaks them.
300
How do existing rocks change into metamorphic rock?
What is heat and pressure causes rocks to change?
400
What mineral is used to make glass that covers a watch and helps it run?
What is quartz?
400
What is a mineral's streak? And how do you find it?
What is A mineral's streak is the color of the rock in powder or dust form. To find its streak, you have to rub it against cement or a hard surface.
400
What is gneiss?
What is metamorphic rock formed by granite?
400
Any type of rock- metamorphic, igneous or sedimentary- can change into any other type of rock. The continuous series of changes that rocks undergo is called the _______
What is the rock cycle?
400
What rock is magnetic?
What is magnetite
500
What minerals are window glass made of?
What is limestone, talc, quartz, and feldspar
500
Is it possible for a nonmetallic mineral to be magnetic?
What is Yes
500
What kind of rock is conglomerate and how was it formed?
What is Sedimentary rock. It is formed by sand, dirt, and bits of dead animals.
500
How do sedimentary rocks turn into igneous rocks?
Heat and pressure turns sediments into metamorphic rock. Then the metamorphic rocks melt, cools and hardens into igneous rock.
500
If sediments cement to sedimentary rocks , can it change back and how?