WorksheetsScience Vocabulary 40 Terms
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Worksheet time: 26mins
Naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
Mineral
Crystal
Solid
Grain
Not formed from living things or the remains of living things
Inorganic
Organic
Solid that has flat sides, called faces, that meet at sharp edges and corners
Grain
Mineral
Crystal
Structure
Color of a mineral's powder
Fracture
Luster
Streak
Cleavage
Process by which atoms are arranged to form a material that has a crystal structure
Geode
Crystallization
Veining
Lustering
Rounded, hollow rock that is often lined with mineral crystals
Luster
Geode
Palagonite
Marble
Mineral that splits easily along flat surfaces
Cleavage
Quartz
Gold
Fracture
How light is reflected from a mineral's surface
Reflection
Grain
Streak
Luster
How a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way
Grain
Luster
Cleavage
Fracture
Used to rank the hardness of minerals
Galileo's Hardness Scale
Mohs Hardness Scale
Mosh Hardness Scale
Newton's Hardness Scale
Mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another
Mixture
Solution
Narrow channel or slab of a mineral that is different from the surrounding rock
Cleavage
Vein
Luster
Streak
N
(a)
Si
(a)
Cl
(a)
P
(a)
Fe
(a)
Hg
(a)
K
(a)
Ca
(a)
O
(a)
H
(a)
Na
(a)
He
(a)
Ag
(a)
Au
(a)
Ni
(a)
Zn
(a)
Rock-Forming Minerals
20 minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's crust
20 minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's mantle
20 minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's core
20 minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's outer core
Granite
Dark colored rock that has high silica content
Light colored rock that has low silica content
Light colored rock that has high silica content
Dark colored rock that has low silica content
Basalt
Light colored rock that has lower silica content
Dark colored rock that has lower silica content
Dark colored rock that has high silica content
Light colored rock that has high silica content
Particles of minerals or other rocks
Sedimentary
Igneous
Rocks
Grains
Look and feel of a rock's surface
Texture
Grain
Streak
Luster
Forms by cooling of magma or lava
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Forms when small particles of rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Forms when a rock is changed by heat or pressure, the force pushing on a surface, or by chemical reactions
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Extrusive Rock
Igneous Rock that forms inside Earth's crust
Igneous Rock that forms outside Earth's crust
Intrusive Rock
Igneous rock that forms inside Earth's surface
Igneous rock that forms outside Earth's surface
