Rocks And Minerals

Question 1

Crystalline

Answer 1

Having a repeating ordered inside structure

Question 2

Minerals

Answer 2

Naturally occurring non living solids that have crystalline structure

Question 3

Luster

Answer 3

The way in which the surface of a mineral reflects light

Question 4

Streak

Answer 4

The mark left behind after rubbing a mineral on a hard rough white surface

Question 5

Cleavage

Answer 5

The way some minerals break along flat planes to form regular shape

Question 6

Fracture

Answer 6

The way minerals can break into random pieces with no regular shape

Question 7

Hardness

Answer 7

Describes how easily a minerals can be scratched

Question 8

Igneous

Answer 8

A type of a rock that form when molten rock cools

Question 9

Cement

Answer 9

To glue together and become solid

Question 10

Sediment

Answer 10

A naturally occurring depotsit of small rocks sand or the remains of plats and animals

Question 11

Sedimentary

Answer 11

formed from sediment

Question 12

Rock cycle

Answer 12

natural process of creation destruction and recycling of rocks in earths crust and upper mantle