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Moe's Hardness Scale
100
What rock is characterized with large crystals and form under the Earth's surface?
What are Intrusive Igneous rocks?
100
What rock is lightly colored and is also unfoliated?
What is Marble or Quartz?
100
These are materials that settle out of water or air.
What are Sediments?
100
This is a minerals resistance to being scratched.
What is a minerals Hardness?
100
This mineral is the hardest on the scale.
What is Diamond?
200
This type of Igneous rock cools fast near or at the Earth's surface.
What is Basalt?
200
What is the name of the process in which an existing rock is changed by heat and pressure?
What is Metamorphism?
200
What rock is made up of carbonate minerals?
What is Limestone?
200
What is it called when a mineral has the tendency to break into irregular pieces?
What is Fracture?
200
What mineral can be scratched by Fluorite but can scratch Gypsum.
What is Calcite?
300
What type of rocks are characterized with small crystals and appear at the Earth's surface?
What are Extrusive Igneous rocks?
300
What rock is non foliate and consists almost entirely of only one mineral?
What is Marble?
300
What are tilted layers in sandstone called?
What are cross beds?
300
What is it called when a mineral has a tendency to break along flat surfaces?
What is Cleavage?
300
What mineral is the weakest on the scale?
What is Talc?
400
This molten rock cools near the Earth's surface and starts with a B.
What is Basalt?
400
This rock is a foliate metamorphic rock that contains several types of minerals.
What is Phyllite?
400
This rock is formed at the Earth's surface from sediments.
What is Shale rock?
400
What is it called when a substance has a certain amount of mass?
What is Density?
400
What mineral can be scratched by Apatite but not by Calcite?
What is Fluorite?
500
This molten rock cools deep within the Earth's surface and starts with a D.
What is Diorite?
500
This happens when atoms join together differently as new bonds form.
What is Recrystallization.
500
This rock forms deep within the Earth's surface where the temperature and pressure are higher. This rock is also shiny.
What is Phyllite?
500
The name of the natural process that form, change, break down, and re-form rocks.
What is The Rock Cycle?
500
What rock can be scratched by Diamond but can be scratch Topaz?
What is Corundum?