GradeRocksMinerals Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
property | a quality that helps us identify an object |
geologists | scientists who study rocks |
mineral | is a solid that is made of the same substance throughout |
rock | is a solid that is made of two or more minerals |
crystals | have straight edges and flat surfaces |
igneous rock | forms when liquid rock or magma hardens as it rises near to or through the earth's crust |
magma | liquid rock that is located below the Earth's crust |
sediment | pieces of rock, soil, and shells moved by water and wind and settling in layers |
sedimentary rock | a rock formed when layers of small pieces of rock, soil, and shells are cemented together ; formed over millions of years as layers of sediment are squeezed together |
metamorphic rock | a type of rock formed from igneous or sedimentary rocks that changed because of intense heat and pressure from under Earth's crust |
classify | to group according to different characteristics |
Mohs scale | a scale of 10 minerals arranged by hardness; used to classify minerals according to hardness |
transparency | a property (whether light passes through a mineral) |
lustre | a property (whether a mineral is shiny or dull) |
cleavage | a property (whether it splits apart cleanly) |
attracted | means that the magnet is drawn toward the magnetic minerals that are attracted to a magnet |
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