Minerals Test Quizizz

Physical and chemical processes that compact and transform sediments into sedimentary rocks

• porosity
• lithification

Percentage of open spaces between grains in a rock

• The Rock Cycle
• Porosity

Continuous changing and remaking of rocks

• Porosity
• Rock Cycle

Process of sediments being laid down on the ground or sinking to the bottom of water

• lithification
• deposition

Pieces of solid material deposited on Earth’s surface

• deposition
• Sediment

Produced when high temperature and pressure affect large areas of Earth’s crust

• Regional Metamorphism
• Contact Mettamorphism

Type of sediment made up of rock and mineral fragments produced by weathering

• sediment
• clastic

Ratio of the weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of water

• Absolute Volume
• Specific Gravity

Property of splitting along one or more flat planes evenly and easily

• Streak
• Cleavage

Property of breaking with rough or jagged edges

• streak
• Fracture