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Rocks/Minerals
vocabulary (reassessment)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mineral | a solid object found in nature that has never been alive |
| hardness | the measure of how difficult it is for a mineral to be scratched |
| rock | a naturally formed solid made of grains of one or more minerals |
| igneous rock | a type of rock that was once melted and then cooled and hardened |
| sedimentary rock | a rock made when materials settle into layers and get squeezed until they harden into rock |
| metamorphic rock | a rock that has been changed by heat or pressure |
| weathering | the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces |
| erosion | the movement of weathered rock and soil |