click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Rocks and Minerals
Crowssword Study
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Properties | characteristics used to describe an object Including: color, luster, hardness and texture |
Compaction and cementation | the process of sediments being packed down and sticking together |
Sedimentary rock | forms when particles from other rocks or plant/ animal remains that are pressed and cemented together |
Sediments | loose materials such as rock fragments, mineral grains and bits of shell that have been moved by wind, water, ice or gravity |
Metamorphic Rock | forms from heat and pressure |
Igneous Rock | forms from melting and cooling of molten rock |
Intrusive | forms when magma rises up and cools inside the earth |
Extrusive | forms when lava cools on the earth’s surface |
Weathering | chemical and physical processes that break down rocks at earth’s surface |
Rock Cycle | series of processes that changes rock from one type into another |
Erosion | process by which rock are broken down and carried away |
Mineral | a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence |
Deposition | process in which sediment is laid down in new locations |
Hardness | a mineral's resistance to being scratched |
Composition | what a substance is made of |
Organic | made of living matter |
Inorganic | not made of living matter |
Geologist | a person who studies rocks and minerals |