Vocab list 7

Question 1

a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition, and ordered atomic arrangement

Answer 1

mineral

Question 2

solid material whose constituents are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure. mineral that is either colorless or very light in color and that is used in making jewelry

Answer 2

crystal

Question 3

color of a mineral in its powdered form

Answer 3

streak

Question 4

way light interacts with mineral

Answer 4

luster

Question 5

a relative scale of hardness based on the ability of a harder mineral to scratch a soft one.

Answer 5

moh

Question 6

movement of sediment from one place to another

Answer 6

erosion

Question 7

describes the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals

Answer 7

weathering

Question 8

laying down of sediments carried by wind, water, ice, etc

Answer 8

deposition

Question 9

rocks formed by volcanoes

Answer 9

igneous

Question 10

rocks formed by sediments piling

Answer 10

sedimentary

Question 11

rocks formed by other rocks undergoing heat and pressure

Answer 11

metamorphic

Question 12

refers to what something is made up of

Answer 12

composition

Question 13

rocks cooled outside of volcano

Answer 13

extrusive

Question 14

rocks cooled inside volcano

Answer 14

intrusive

Question 15

layers of rock

Answer 15

strata

Question 16

contains carbon-hydrogen bonds

Answer 16

organic

Question 17

layer of metamorphic rocks

Answer 17

foliated

Question 18

branch of science studying fossils, animals, and plants

Answer 18

palentology

Question 19

same protons different neutrons

Answer 19

isotope

Question 20

describes the changes in an atom once it has become unstable ad begins to lose its particles

Answer 20

radioactive decay

Question 21

any animal/plant fossil that is characteristic of a particular span of geological time or environment

Answer 21

index fossil

Question 22

longest portion of geological time

Answer 22

eon

Question 23

length/portion of time/row of chemical elements

Answer 23

period

Question 24

disappearance of a species from this earth

Answer 24

extinction