Rocks & Rock Cycle

Question 1

any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter

Answer 1

rock

Question 2

3 classifications of rocks

Answer 2

igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

Question 3

mappable unit of rock consisting of an initially connected volume deposited in one interval of time

Answer 3

rock formation

Question 4

getting material into deeper depths

Answer 4

burial

Question 4

the process of bringing material buried under the surface onto the surface

Answer 4

uplift

Question 4

formed by weathering of rocks

Answer 4

soil

Question 4

explain the rock cycle

Answer 4

nag-explain

Question 5

process involved in breaking down rocks and transferring to another place until it settles in a place

Answer 5

Weathering, erosion, transportation, and deposition

Question 6

come from sediments which may come from any kind of rock

Answer 6

sedimentary rocks

Question 7

come from magma

Answer 7

igneous rocks

Question 8

come from any kind of rock as long as they are buried deep enough to experience great temperature and pressure

Answer 8

metamorphic rocks

Question 9

naturally occurring inorganic compound with a definite composition

Answer 9

minerals

Question 10

7 mineral properties

Answer 10

color
streak
luster
hardness
cleavage
fracture
density

Question 11

color

Answer 11

color

Question 12

color of mineral in its powdered form

Answer 12

streak

Question 13

the way the mineral reflects light

Answer 13

luster

Question 14

4 common types of luster

Answer 14

metallic
dull
pearly
vitreous (glassy)

Question 15

measures the ability to scratch or be scratched

Answer 15

hardness

Question 16

used to determine how hard a mineral is

Answer 16

Mohs Scale of Hardness

Question 17

The way a mineral breaks along a plane easily and smoothly based on its lattice. The plane of breakage

Answer 17

cleavage

Question 18

The way a mineral breaks if there are no cleavage planes.

Answer 18

fracture

Question 19

Mass/Volume of a mineral. Specific weight (Weight/Volume) is simply the density multiplied by g

Answer 19

density

Question 20

fast cooling of magma

Answer 20

no time to become ordered
small crystals

Question 21

slow cooling of magma

Answer 21

higher level of ordering
larger crystals

Question 22

rapid cooling of magma

Answer 22

glassy rock
no crystals

Question 23

other processes that form minerals

Answer 23

Precipitation from aqueous solution or gaseous emanations
Metamorphism
Weathering
Organically