Minerals
A naturally occurring solid with a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
A mineral
This property describes the color of a mineral’s powder
Streak
What process turns metamorphic rock into magma?
Melting
What substance do igneous rocks form from?
Molten rock (magma or lava)
What is a tool you used to measure mass?
Triple beam scale
A mineral must form in nature without help from humans. hat characteristic is this?
Naturally occuring
Which property of minerals is the most useful for identifying minerals because each mineral has its own unique value?
Denisty
What process turns magma into igneous rock?
Cooling
Which type of igneous rock forms from lava that is cooling down?
Extrusive
What is volume?
How much space an object takes up
Which characteristic describes how particles in a mineral line up in a repeating pattern?
Crystal structure
What do you call the property that describes how minerals break in uneven pieces?
Fracture
What process turns igneous rock into sediment?
Weathering and erosion
Which type of sedimentary rock is formed from small pieces of other rocks?
Clastic
What could you measure using a graduated cylinder?
The volume of a liquid
Which characteristic explains how a mineral can't come from something living or once-living?
Inorganic
Which property describes how easily a mineral can be scratched?
Hardness
What process turns a sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock?
Heat and pressure
What type of rock is formed from minerals dissolving in water, then the water evaporating away to leave behind the minerals?
Chemical sedimentary rock
How do you find the volume of a square/rectangle shaped object?
Multiply length times width times height
How are mineral characteristics different from mineral properties?
You use mineral characteristics when you have an object that you are trying to determine whether or not it is a mineral. You use mineral properties when you know that something is a mineral, you are just trying to decide what type of mineral it is
List any 4 of the 7 different mineral properties:
Color, streak, luster, hardness, crystal structure, cleavage, fracture, density
What process turns sediment into a sedimentary rock?
Compaction/cementation
Which type of metamorphic rock has bands or parallel layers?
Foliated metamorphic rock
Describe how to find the volume of an oddly shpaed object
Description of water displacement