Study for the Rock and Mineral Vocabulary Quiz

The process by which rocks change over time into other rocks

• streak

• grain

• cleavage

• extrusive

• rock cycle

Color of a mineral in powder form

• streak

• grain

• cleavage

• extrusive

• rock cycle

the smallest piece of mineral in a rock

• streak

• grain

• cleavage

• extrusive

• rock cycle

rocks formed from lava outside the earth (small crystals)

• streak

• grain

• cleavage

• extrusive

• rock cycle

splitting of minerals along flat surfaces

• streak

• grain

• cleavage

• extrusive

• rock cycle

substances composed of matter that is alive or was once alive

• crystal

• hardness

• intrusive

• luster

• organic

how the surface of a mineral appears when it reflects light

• crystal

• hardness

• intrusive

• luster

• organic

a solid substance with a regular shape and symmetrical plane faces

• crystal

• hardness

• intrusive

• luster

• organic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

ability of a mineral to resist scratching

• crystal

• hardness

• intrusive

• luster

• organic

rocks formed from magma inside the earth (large crystals)

• crystal

• hardness

• intrusive

• luster

• organic