Rocks/Minerals Test
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- small pieces of rock worn away by weathering and are moved by running water, wind, and air
- sediments
- any piece of solid matter in the Earth's crust
- rock
-
atom
special patterns
growing - crystals
- geologist
- scientist who performs tests to identify minerals
- rocks are usually made up of several ________
- minerals
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igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
- rocks
-
formed in nature
found in a solid state
neither plant nor animal - minerals
- changing igneous or sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock
- rock cycle
-
wind
water
waves - weathering
- metallic
- shiny minerals
- rocks formed by cool lava
- igneous
- the process of rocks being worn away
- weathering
-
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic - 3 main types of rocks
- magma
- a liquid rock material found deep in the Earth
-
luster
streak
appearance - tests
- crystal
- a special form of mineral with an atom pattern large enough to be seen
- used to determine the magnetic pull of rocks
- magnets
- what within the Earth's surface can turn igneous and sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks
- heat and pressure
- lava
- magma that breaks through the Earth's crust to the surface
-
observing the color left behind on a white tile is the
______ - streak test
- a scale that tells whether a rock can be scratched by a penny, a nail, a fingernail, or a glass plate
- hardness
- rocks formed by the cementing of dead plant and animal matter, along with pieces of other rocks
- sedimentary
- when performing the acid test, we placed rocks in _____
- vinegar
- the test that tells if a rock is metallic or nonmetallic
- luster
- the shiny luster of the rock "galena"
- metallic
-
luster
hardness
streak - properties of minerals