Rocks And minerals

Question 1

Natural Resource

Answer 1

Naturally occurring materials or substance such as minerals, water, etc that can be used for economic growth

Question 2

Renewable

Answer 2

Any resource that can be replenished either natural or by human intervention

Question 3

Non-renewable

Answer 3

Quantity is limited and cannot be replaced

Question 4

Crystal shape

Answer 4

Simple molecular structure is the basis of a crystal form

Question 5

Luster

Answer 5

The state or quality of shinning by reflected light, glitter, sparkle, sheen, or glass

Question 6

Property

Answer 6

An essential or distinctive attribute or quality of a thing

Question 7

Crystalline Structure

Answer 7

A specific set of atoms that are arranged in a repeating patten

Question 8

Minerals

Answer 8

Non-living material that are found naturally on earth

Question 9

Geologist

Answer 9

People who study rocks, minerals, and other non-living parts of earth

Question 10

Rock

Answer 10

Made of different minerals naturally occurring solid substance

Question 11

Igneous

Answer 11

Rocks that have formed by magma

Question 12

Magma

Answer 12

Molten rock found beneath the earth’s surface

Question 13

Metamorphic

Answer 13

Rock that is formed when another rock has been changed by earth’s pressure or heat

Question 14

Sedimentary

Answer 14

Type of rock made up of sediments that have been cemented together (sandstone/limestone)

Question 15

Erosion

Answer 15

The earth process by which earth materials are removed from one place and transported elsewhere

Question 16

Sediment

Answer 16

Small decomposed earth materials such as rocks, minerals, and shells

Question 17

Rock cycle

Answer 17

The continual process that form and break down rocks, often resulting in the formation of one rock