GSLS Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Formed from liquid rock | Igneous Rock |
Formed from Heat and Pressure | Metamorphic Rock |
Formed from layers of sediment being pressed together | Sedimentary Rock |
Hardness | is determined by observing the ease or difficulty which one mineral is scratched by another |
luster | refers to how light is reflected from the surface of a mineral. The two main types are metallic and nonmetallic. |
Cleavage | breaks into pieces with straight lines |
Fracture | breaks with jagged edges |
Streak | Color of crushed mineral powder. It may be different than color of the mineral. |
physical weathering | breaking down of rock by wind, water, ice, temperature change, and plants |
erosion | movement of rock by gravity, wind, water, and ice |
magma | liquid rock inside the earth |
lava | liquid rock that flows outside the earth |
metamorphic | means changed |
humus | decaying pieces of plants and animals |
organic | meansfrom living things |
inorganic | means from nonliving things |
Rocks are made up of | one or more minerals |
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