Minerals, Rocks, Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

The process that BREAKS rocks into smaller and smaller pieces over a long period of time.

• Chemical Weathering

• Physical Weathering

• deposition

• erosion

The process that MOVES bits of rock or soil from one place to another .

• Chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• deposition

• erosion

Changes within the rock’s minerals that DISSOLVES the rock over a long period of time.

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• deposition

• erosion

The process in which sediments, soil, and rocks are ADDED to a landform.

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• deposition

• erosion

The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 

• hardness
• specific gravity
• luster
• streak

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

Which one is not a property used to identify minerals?

• streak

• luster

• hardness

• size

-the name of the scale used to determine a mineral's hardness.

• Miller's scale of hardness

• The Scale of Hardness

• Mohs scale of hardness

• Mineral Hardness Scale

The solid, geometric form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms

• crystal
• density
• element
• fracture 

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition is referring to

• density
• streak
• mineral
• non silicate mineral