REVIEW-Rocks and Minerals

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What type of sedimentary rock contains the greatest range of particle sizes?

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Conglomerate

Front

What processes form limestone, gypsum, and salt?

Back

Evaporation and precipitation

Front

What mineral property is illustrated by the peeling of muscovite mica into thin, flat sheets?

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Cleavage

Front

Which sedimentary rock is most likely to be changed to slate during regional metamorphism?

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Shale

Front

What method is used to determine a mineral's hardness?

Back

Scratching a mineral against a glass plate.

Front

What is the definition of sedimentary rock?

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Rocks formed from the accumulation and compaction of mineral and organic particles.

Front

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

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Weathering is the breakdown of rocks, while erosion is the movement of those broken materials.

Front

What is metamorphism?

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The process by which rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemically active fluids.

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What is the definition of mineral cleavage?

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The tendency of a mineral to break along flat, even surfaces.

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What is the Mohs scale?

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A scale used to measure the hardness of minerals.