Rocks and Minerals

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What part of the rock cycle is: Wind, moving water, and ice break rocks?

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weathering

Front

What part of the rock cycle is: Dissolved minerals fill in cracks between sediments?

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cementing

Front

What part of the rock cycle is: Sedimentary rock forms into a new rock with:

• heat and pressure
• melting
• hardening and cooling
• cementing

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heat and pressure

Front

What part of the rock cycle occurs right before molten rock forms due to intense heat?

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melting

Front

What part of the rock cycle is: Molten rock forms due to intense heat?

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hardening and cooling

Front

Classify the type of rock formed when limestone changes into marble: metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary

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metamorphic

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A rock has crystals that formed when the rock cooled and hardened. Classify the type of rock that was formed: metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary

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igneous

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Layers of mud and clay settle and harden to form a rock. Classify the type of rock that was formed: metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary

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sedimentary

Front

The color of the powder of a mineral that is left behind when rubbed against a surface. Name that mineral property:

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streak

Front

Tested by scratching one mineral against another to determine how hard or soft it is. Name that mineral property: streak, color, hardness, cleavage

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hardness