Vocabular test #1
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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Mineral | a solid that is naturally occurring inorganic, and has a crystal structure and definite chemical composition.
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crystal structure | the orderly, repeating pattern of atoms in a crystal.
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crystallization | the process by which atoms form a solid with an orderly, repeating pattern.
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streak | the color of minerals powder.
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luster | the way a mineral reflects or obsorbs light on its surface
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cleavage | the breaking of a mineral on a smooth, flat surface.
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fracture | the breaking of a mineral along a rough or irregular surface.
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ore | a deposit o minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit.
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rock | a naturally occurring solid composed of minerals
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grain | an individual particle in a rock
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magma | molten rock stored beneath the earths surface.
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lava | magma that erupts onto the earths surface
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texture | a rocks grain size and the way they fit together.
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sediment | rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water as rocks erode.
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foliation | the texture that forms when uneven pressures cause flat minerals to line up, giving the rock a layerd look.
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lithification | the process through which sediment turns to rock.
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rock cycle | the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.
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extrusive rock | igneous rocks that form when volcanic material erupts, cools, and crystallizes on earths surface.
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intrusive rock | igneous rocks that form as magma cools underground
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uplift | the process that moves large bodies of earth materials to higher elevations.
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deposition | the process of changing directly from a gas to a solid
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