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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scientists who study the nonliving parts of the earth | geologists |
| The center of the earth | core |
| The middle layer of the earth | mantle |
| The mantle is made of hot melted rock called: | magma |
| The outer layer of the earth is called | crust |
| Famous for the methods he used to measure distances and substances inside the earth. | Gutenberg |
| Small bits of weathered rock produced by weathering. | sediment |
| The movement of sediment from one place to another is called: | Erosion |
| Particles in the soil that were once part of a living thing. | Organic |
| The top layer of soil | Topsoil |
| Name the three main layers of the earth. | Crust, core, mantle |
| Loose material on the surface of the earth. | soil |
| Inorganic substance found naturally in the earth. | Mineral |
| Scientists who study minerals. | mineralologists |
| Pieces of minerals. | samples |
| Characteristics of minerals. | crystal structure, color, luster, hardness and cleavage |
| Results from the orderly arrangement of the particles that make up the mineral. | crystal |
| Words used to describe the luster of a mineral | dull, metallic, pearly, brilliant |
| Develped a scale to measure the hardness of a mineral | Mohs |
| The breaking of a mineral along smooth, straight lines or into flat sheets. | Cleavage |
| To break unevenly in many directions. | fracture |
| Scratching a sample with another mineral or substances is a test for which characteristic? | hardness |
| A mineral that can be cut and polished for use. | gemstone |
| A gemstone that is beautiful and rare. | precious |
| More common gemstones and easier to find. | semiprecious |
| Manmade gemstones | synthetic |
| Causes metal to melt and separate from the other rock materials. | smelting |
| pocket or strip of a mineral within the earth. | vein |
| Skilled craftsman who carefully cuts gemstones | lapidary |
| A hard, natural substance made of one or more minerals. | rock |
| Forms from volcanic magma or lava. | Igneous rock |
| Examples of Igneous rock | pumice, obsidian, basalt, granite |
| forms when layers of sediment and organic material harden.q | Sedimentary |
| Example of sedimentary rocks | sandstone |
| Forms by heat and pressure deep below the earth's crust | metamorphic |
| Name the three types of rocks. | Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic |
| Term that describes a metamorphic rock that can break apart into flate sheets. | slate |
| Name the hardest mineral | diamond |
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