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Geology Rocks
vocabulary for Rocks unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thin, outer layer of the earth | crust |
| rocks formed from layers such as mud, sand and gravel | sedimentary |
| the hardest mineral | diamond |
| pure, solid materials from the earth | minerals |
| Utah State Fossil | trilobyte |
| color of the mark when scraped on a white/black tile | streak |
| a lightweight igneous rock that floats | pumice |
| metamorphic rock made from limetone | marble |
| melted rock that has reached the earth's surface | lava |
| how a mineral's surface relects light | luster |
| rocks formed under pressure and heat | metamorphic |
| a space pressed into rock from a dead organism | mold |
| evidence of a once-living organism hardened into rock | fossil |
| rocks formed by magma | igneous |
| earth's rocky surface (where you live) | lithosphere |
| sedimentary rock formed from sand | sandstone |
| melted rock within the earth | magma |