ROCKS AND MINERALS

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ROCKS AND MINERALS
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What type of matter does not contain materials
that were once part of living things?
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inorganic
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What is fracture?
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This is how a mineral looks when it breaks apart
in an irregular, blocky way.

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What is cleavage?
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When a mineral breaks or splits along flat
surfaces.
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What is inorganic matter?
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Matter that does not contain materials that were
once part of living things.
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Define mineral
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A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a
crystal structure and a definite chemical
composition.

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What is the streak of a mineral?
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The color left behind when a rock is rubbed
against a ceramic tile.
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How do you determine the hardness of a mineral?
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The scratch test
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What is harder a diamond or a streak plate?
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A diamond, so it does not leave a streak.
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If you were going to make a rock, what would you
use for ingredients?
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minerals
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What scale is used to rate hardness of minerals?
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Mohs hardness scale
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Which rock type can have a record of the events
that happened when it was being formed?
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Sedimentary
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What happens to sedimentary rocks that turns them
into igneous rocks?
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The rock melts into magma ( at a subduction
zone) and then cools into rock.
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What process happens to rock inside the crust to
create magma?
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melting
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What type of temperatures are needed to make magma
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High temperatures are needed to melt the rock
into magma
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How does lava become igneous rock?
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Erupting from a volcano or vent and cooling on
the surface of the crust.
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What two actions change igneous or sedimentary
rock into metamorphic rock?
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Heating and pressure
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When heat and pressure are applied to limestone,
it turns into the metamorphic rock named _____.
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marble
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What type of rock forms when pebbles and small
pieces of sand settle to the bottom of the ocean
and get compressed?
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Sedimentary
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Which rock type can have a record of the events
that happened when it was being formed?
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Sedimentary
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Rock particles that are melted and then cool and
harden are considered what type of rock?
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Igneous rock
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A rock with large crystal sizes shows that it
cooled quickly or slowly?
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It cooled slowly

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When sedimentary rock has large pebbles, is it
called detrital or chemical rock?
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Detrital rock
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What part of the crust is the site of melting
rocks?
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Deeper in the crust in a magma pit.
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What is chemical weathering?
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When liquids like acid rain slowly dissolve
rocks or statues made of rock.
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What are the four processes that rocks must go
through to become sediments and sedimentary rock?
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• Weathering, erosion, cementation, compaction

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