Unit 5 Geology Part 1 Section 8.0

What is one quality a mineral needs to have to be classified as a mineral?

• Physical composition

  
  

• Organic

• Chemical Composition

• Color

What is one way to test a mineral?

• Taste

• Fracture

• Solid

• Crystallization

True or False:

Minerals do NOT have a specific chemical composition. They can have the SAME chemical formula

• True

• False

Molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface is called?

• lava

• magma

• igneous rock

What type of rock is formed by heat and pressure?

• Metamorphic Rock   

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

Intrusive igneous rocks are rocks that form inside the Earth from ______________ cooling magma .

• slowly
• solidifying
• volcanic
• rapidly

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Intrusive rocks are ______________________.

• Fine grained

• Coarse grained

Extrusive igneous rocks are rocks that form outside the Earth from ________________ cooling lava. 

• solidifying

• rapidly
• slowly
• underground

What is it called when running water, ice, and gravity all transport these sediments from one place to another?

• Deposition

• Condensation
• Erosion

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when a rock is exposed to extreme heat and pressure within the Earth but does not melt; itay change chemical composition and texture?

• Melting

• Condensation
• Freezing
• Metamorphism