GradeRocksMinerals
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| property | a quality that helps us identify an object
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| geologists | scientists who study rocks
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| mineral | is a solid that is made of the same substance throughout
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| rock | is a solid that is made of two or more minerals
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| crystals | have straight edges and flat surfaces
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| igneous rock | forms when liquid rock or magma hardens as it rises near to or through the earth's crust
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| magma | liquid rock that is located below the Earth's crust
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| sediment | pieces of rock, soil, and shells moved by water and wind and settling in layers
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| sedimentary rock | a rock formed when layers of small pieces of rock, soil, and shells are cemented together ; formed over millions of years as layers of sediment are squeezed together
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| metamorphic rock | a type of rock formed from igneous or sedimentary rocks that changed because of intense heat and pressure from under Earth's crust
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| classify | to group according to different characteristics
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| Mohs scale | a scale of 10 minerals arranged by hardness; used to classify minerals according to hardness
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| transparency | a property (whether light passes through a mineral)
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| lustre | a property (whether a mineral is shiny or dull)
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| cleavage | a property (whether it splits apart cleanly)
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| attracted | means that the magnet is drawn toward the magnetic minerals that are attracted to a magnet
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