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What would happen if you rubbed a soft mineral with a harder mineral? ____________________
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What is the softest mineral on Mohs Hardness Scale? __________________________________
What is the hardest mineral on Mohs Hardness Scale? _________________________________
How do we test the hardness of a mineral? __________________________________________
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29. Igneous rocks that cool slowly __________________________________ forms minerals with large
crystals.
30. _______________________ igneous rock that formed from lava that erupted onto Earths surface
31. _______________________ molten rock below Earths surface
32. _______________________ molten rock at Earths surface
Lesson 4
33. ____________________________ the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind
carrying it
34. ____________________________ the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue
particles of sediment together
35. ____________________________ the process by which layer upon layer of sediments are pressed
together
36. ____________________________ the carrying away of rock fragments by water, wind, or ice
37. ____________________________ small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
Lesson 5
38. ________________________ rocks are classified according to their arrangement of the grains that
make up the rock.
39. ________________________ describes a metamorphic rock that has grains arranged in parallel
40. ________________________ describes a metamorphic rock that has grains arranged randomly this
causes these rocks to NOT split into layers
41. The heat that changes rock into metamorphic rock comes from the heat of the
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42. What are the three things that can change a rock into a metamorphic rock?
a. ______________________________
b. ______________________________
c. ______________________________
Lesson 6
43. ___________________________________ a series of processes that slowly changes rocks from one
kind to another kind.
44. Possible stages in the rock cycle:
Erosion
Weathering
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Heating/Pressure
Melting
Deposition
Compaction
Cementation
45. In the rock cycle, melted rock from the ___________________________ moves upward when oceanic
plates move apart.
*Compare and contrast the formation of coarse-grained and fine-grained rock. Give an example of each.
*Describe how the three major types of sedimentary rocks are formed.