Which of the properties below would be the least reliable basis for the identification of minerals?

What type of rock is formed when pieces of older rocks and loose materials get pressed together?

According to the Mohs scale, which of the following pairs of minerals corresponds to the hardest and the softest?

Obsidian and granite are both igneous rocks. Which of the properties below explains why obsidian is black, shiny, and has no crystals, while granite has large visible crystals?

TRUE about Minerals:

Refers to a mineral’s ability to scratch another mineral or be scratched by another mineral.

The basic building blocks of rocks:

Example of Extrusive rock:

Characteristics of intrusive igneous rock:

4 processes in the formation of sedimentary rock (in chronological order)

(first to last)

Thick layers of sediment build up overtime and weigh down layers:

Metamorphic rock were form through:

Examples of Metamorphic rock:

Exogenic process:

TRUE about Earth's core:

TRUE about continental crust:

Example of exogenous process:

Types of Tectonic process:

TRUE about Syncline:

The hanging wall is moving upward:

Degradation process:

Aggradation process happens when the deposit is found mostly in:

Physical weathering:

important in iron-rich

rocks – reddish coloration like rust:

It is a naturally occurring substance made from geological processes.

One of the following mineral properties can be determined by observing, rather than doing something to a sample.

.Cleavage is caused by ____________.

Rocks that form when older rocks are heated or squeezed are called ________rocks.

.A(n) _______ is usually made of two or more minerals.

The transformation of existing rock types, in a process called ____________.

Types of igneous rocks that erupt onto the surface, where they cool quickly to form small crystals.

It is the movement of sediments from one place to another

Limestone under so much heat and pressure can be transform into _________.

Metamorphic rocks that do not have a layered or banded appearance.

It is a heat from the planet formation.

The Mohs scale classifies minerals by their ________.

Characteristic of minerals that excludes hard parts or remains of organisms since their made of and from organic matter.

Minerals with ____________ can glow for a brief time after the light source is turned off.

A basic concept in geology that describes transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.

It is a naturally occurring substance made from geological processes.

One of the following mineral properties can be determined by observing, rather than doing something to a sample.

.Cleavage is caused by ____________.

Rocks that form when older rocks are heated or squeezed are called ________rocks.

.A(n) _______ is usually made of two or more minerals.

The transformation of existing rock types, in a process called ____________.

Types of igneous rocks that erupt onto the surface, where they cool quickly to form small crystals.

It is the movement of sediments from one place to another

Limestone under so much heat and pressure can be transform into _________.

Metamorphic rocks that do not have a layered or banded appearance.

It is a heat from the planet formation.

The Mohs scale classifies minerals by their ________.

Characteristic of minerals that excludes hard parts or remains of organisms since their made of and from organic matter.

Minerals with ____________ can glow for a brief time after the light source is turned off.

A basic concept in geology that describes transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.