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Question 1

The color of the mineral powder

Answer 1

streak

Question 2

How the mineral reflects light(earthy, waxy, pearly, shiny.

Answer 2

luster

Question 3

Mohs hardness scale;ranks from softest to hardest.

Answer 3

hardness

Question 4

How easily the mineral splits along the flat surface.

Answer 4

cleavage

Question 5

How minerals break apart irregularly.

Answer 5

fracture

Question 6

Molten material inside earth that cools and hardens to form rock.

Answer 6

magma

Question 7

Magma that reaches Earth’s surface that cools and hardens to form rock.

Answer 7

lava

Question 8

The process in which running water, groundwater, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock
or soil.

Answer 8

erosion

Question 9

Eroded sediment is carried and deposited in new locations.

Answer 9

deposition

Question 10

Sediments are pressed together under their own weight.

Answer 10

compaction

Question 11

Dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediments together.

Answer 11

cementation

Question 12

The processes (physical and chemical) that break down at Earth’s surface.

Answer 12

weathering

Question 13

What 3 properties are required for something to be classified as a rock?

Answer 13

must have a mineral composition,must be solid,must be naturally occurring.

Question 14

How are igneous rocks formed?

Answer 14

forms from magma or lava.

Question 15

What are the 2 types of igneous rock?

Answer 15

extrusive and intrusive.

Question 16

How is sedimentary rock formed?

Answer 16

compaction and cementation.

Question 17

How is metamorphic rock formed?

Answer 17

Heat and pressure.

Question 18

What are the 2 types of weathering?

Answer 18

Mechanical and chemical.

Question 19

What are the 5 causes of mechanical weathering?

Answer 19

release of pressure, ice wedging, plants, animals, abrasion.

Question 20

What are the 5 causes of chemical weathering?

Answer 20

Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, plants or plant-like organisms, acid rain.

Question 21

What is the main form of erosion that shapes Earth’s surface?

Answer 21

running water.

Question 22

What type of erosion is groundwater erosion?

Answer 22

chemical weathering.

Question 23

Does surface area affect the rate of weathering?

Answer 23

yes.

Question 24

How does gravity cause erosion?

Answer 24

Gravity moves sediment downhill through landslides, mudflows, slumps, and creep.

Question 25

What cave formations are created from deposition by groundwater?

Answer 25

stalagmites and stalactites.

Question 26

List the 5 properties of minerals

Answer 26

solid
occur naturally 
inorganic
crystalline structure
Defined chemical composition

Question 27

List the 3 types of rocks

Answer 27

igneous rocks
sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock