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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mineral | A naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a define chemical composition. |
| inorganic | Not formed from living things or the remain of living things. |
| crystal | A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a paternity that repeats again and again. |
| luster | The way minerals reflect light from its surface. |
| streak | The color of a minerals powder. |
| Mohs hardness scale | A scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest in testing the hardness of minerals |
| cleavage | A minerals ability to split easily along flat surfaces. |
| fracture | The way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way a break in a bone |
| geode | A hollow rock inside which mineral crystals have grown. |
| crystallization | The process by which atoms are arranged to form a structure as a crystal. |
| solution | A mixture containing a solvent and at least one solute that has the same properties throughout a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another. |
| vein | A narrow deposit of a mineral that is sharply different from the surrounding rock. A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart. |
| Rock forming mineral | Any of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks on Earth's crust. |
| granite | A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust. |
| basalt | A dark dense igneous rock with a fine texture found in oceanic crust. |
| grain | The particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture. |
| texture | The look and feel of a rocks surface determined by size, shape, and pattern of a rocks grains. |
| igneous rock | A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface. |
| Sedimentary rock | A type of rock that forms when particles of other rocks and the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together. |
| metamorphic rock | A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions. |
| extrusive rock | Igneous rocks that form from lava on Earths surface. |
| intrusive rock | Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface. |