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Rock Cycle
Rock
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Processes
Minerals
Soil
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What is a naturally occuring
inorganic solid that has a
definite crystal structure and
composition?
Mineral
What is the way a mineral
reflects light also known as?
A 200
Luster
_________________ is the
color of the powdered from of
a mineral.
A 300
Streak
The tendency of a mineral to
split along specific planes of
weakness to form smooth, flat
surface is called
___________________.
A 400
Cleavage
A _______________ is a
solid, geometric form that
results from a repeating
pattern of atoms or
molecules.
A 500
Crystal
The process by which wind,
water, ice, and changes in
temperature break down rock
is _____________________.
B 100
Weathering
The process by which
sediment moves from one
place to another is called
__________________.
B 200
Erosion
The process by which
sediment comes to rest is
called __________________.
B 300
deposition
If you added a lot of heat and
pressure to an igneous rock, it
would become a
___________________ rock.
B 400
Metamorphic
_______________, igneous
and metamorphic are the 3
classes of rocks.
B 500
Sedimentary
Extrusive and
_____________ are types of
igneous rock.
C 100
intrusive
Foliated and nonfoliated are
types of
__________________ rock
C 200
metamorphic
Clastic, _____________, and
organic are types sedimentary
rock.
C 300
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_______________ are large
boulders that were
transported and deposited by
glaciers
C 400
erratics
_____________ are sharp,
pyramid-shaped peaks that
form when several aretes join
at the top of a mountain.
Horns
_______________ is water
found below Earth’s surface.
Groundwater
________________
_____________ is the
general term for all of the
materials carried and
deposited by glaciers
Glacial drift
Curves and bends that form a
twisting, looping pattern in a
stream channel are called
__________________.
meanders
D 300
An ______________
________ forms when
sediment from a stream is
deposited on dry land.
Alluvial fan
______________
________________________ is a
type of irregular landscape that
forms on limestone or other soluble
rock.
Karst topography
Crystals or Minerals form
when magma cools, by
metamorphism and from
____________________.
E 100
solution.
Which of the following is not
a characteristics of all
minerals:
a. Naturally occuring
b. crytal structure
c. organic
E 200
c. organic
__________ scale is used to
measure a mineral’s hardness.
E 300
Mohs
Which of the following is
NOT a property that is
typically used to identify
minerals?
a. Color
b. Acidity
c. Fracture
E 400
b. Acidity
What is the highest number
used in Mohs scale?
E 500
10
____________ is a mix of
rock, organic material, water
and air.
F 100
soil
A vertical section of soil
layers from the developed top
layer to the less-developed
lower layers is a
___________
_____________.
F 200
Soil profile
What are the names of the
soil horizons (name all
three)?
F 300
A horizon, B horizon, C
horizon
Another name for the A
horizon is ______________.
F 400
Topsoil
__________ is the decayed
organic matter in soil.
F 500
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