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Question 1

Physical property of a mineral that measures resistance to scratching

Answer 1

Hardness

Question 2

Rock formed from rapidly cooling lava that has a erupted at earth surface or formed from consolidated solid materials expelled from volcanoes

Answer 2

Extrusive ingenious rock

Question 3

Type of metamorphic rock who’s grains are arranged in layers or bands

Answer 3

Foliated

Question 4

Physical property of a mineral that causes it to break into uneven pieces

Answer 4

Fracture

Question 5

Naturally occurring in organic crystalline solid with a predictable chemical composition and a characteristic set of physical properties

Answer 5

Mineral

Question 6

Course grained Rock formed from slowly cooling magma below earths surface

Answer 6

Intrusive igneous rock

Question 7

Molten rock material found inside earth

Answer 7

Magma

Question 8

Consolidated natural mixture of minerals volcanic glass or rock fragments

Answer 8

Rock

Question 9

Color of a mineral in powdered form helps identify a mineral and can be observed by rubbing a mineral on a white porcelain tile

Answer 9

Streak

Question 10

Continuous process that forms and changes rocks on it earth surface and deep below the surface

Answer 10

Rock cycle

Question 11

sedimentary rock forming process in which minerals precipitate out of water and fill the spaces between clasts

Answer 11

Cementation

Question 12

Metamorphic rock who’s minerals grow and rearrange but don’t form layers

Answer 12

Non-foliated

Question 13

Layers of sediment or compressed by the weight of the layers above them

Answer 13

Compaction

Question 14

Physical property of a mineral that causes it to break a long planes that cut across relatively weak chemical bonds creating well-defined smooth flat surface

Answer 14

Cleavage