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rocks&minerals

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a natural solid that has its particles arranged in a crystal pattern is called a mineral
a material made up of one or more minerals rock
________ forms when rock pieces deposited over time are squeezed and stuck together sedimentary rock
when you rub a mineral against a white tile, its ________ is the color of the powder left behind streak
Rock that forms when melted rock hardens is called _______ igneous rock
A mineral's _______ is its ability to resist being scratched hardness
_________ is caused by many things such as wind, water, ice, asnd plant roots weathering
a rock that has been changed by high heat and pressure is _________ metamorphic rock
A mineral's ______ decribes how its surface looks when light reflects from it luster
The movement of rocks that have been broken down by weathering is _________ erosion
Earth's _______ is the pattern of slow changes in rocks from one kind of rock to another rock cycle
What type of rock would you find a fossil sedimentary
How do scientists classify rocks? by how they form and then labeled igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic
Name 3 properties scientist use to classify minerals hardness, luster, streak
What type of rock is being formed when pieces of rock are compacted together sedimenatry
What type of rock is being formed when melted rock cools and hardens igneous
What type of rock is being formed when high heat and great pressure are added metamorphic
What type of rock is basalt igneous
what type of rock gneiss metamorphic
waht type of rock is limestone sedimentary
what type of rock is granite igneous
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