Vocabulary 1
What is anything we use from the earth called?
When sediment comes to rest (or dropped off), that is called _____
Deposition
The series of processes in which rocks change from one form into another
Rock cycle
What is special about how the atoms and molecules are arranged in crystals?
They form patterns.
What is the worst way to identify a mineral?
Color
Describe the difference between a renewable resource and a nonrenewable resource
Renewable resources come back as fast or faster than we use them while nonrenewable resources come back slower than we use them.
A smooth flat break on a mineral
Cleavage
How are sedimentary rocks formed
Sediment is pressed and cemented together
What are the 5 properties minerals have in common?
Definite Chemical Composition
Crystalline Structure
Naturally Occurring
Usually Inorganic
Solid
Magma can only turn into what kind of rock?
Igneous
What resource is made from the buried remains of plants and animals?
Fossil Fuel
The way a mineral reflects light
Luster
How are igneous rocks formed?
Magma/Lava is cooled and hardened
What are the 6 ways to identify a mineral?
Color
Luster
Steak
Hardness
Density
Cleavage/Fracture
Sediment can only turn into what kind of rock
Sedimentary Rock
What breaks down rocks and minerals into small pieces called sediment?
Weathering
The color of the powdered form of a mineral
Streak
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Existing rocks is exposed to extreme heat and pressure
Magma turns into igneous rock through what process?
Cooling and hardening
A sedimentary rock turns directly into a metamorphic rock through what process?
Extreme hear and pressure
Erosion
What is the name of the scale used to measure hardness?
Moh's Hardness Scale
What rock type is most commonly found around where we live?
Sedimentary Rock
Sediment turns into sedimentary rock through what process
Pressed and cemented
1. Metamorphic rocks turn into sediment through what process?
2. Metamorphic rocks turn into magma through what process?
1. WED
2. Melting