South Carolna 8th Grade Science Cario
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| Rocks that form when heat and pressure are applied to an existing rock over time. | ||
| Category of igneous rock that cools on Earth's surface. | ||
| Rocks that form when magma or lava cools. | ||
| Category of sedimentary rock that comes from small pieces of other rocks compressed together. | ||
| Category of metamorphic rock that has NO bands or layers. | ||
| Category of igneous rock that cools inside the Earth. | ||
| Rocks that form when pieces of broken rock and mineral grains are compressed and cemented together OR by chemical OR organic processes. | ||
| Category of sedimentary rock that comes from living things. | ||
| Category of sedimentary rock that comes from minerals deposited from evaporating water. | ||
| Category of metamorphic rock has bands or layers. | ||
| A rock that is mined because it contains a metal or other economically useful mineral. | ||
| The color of a mineral's powder. | ||
| The hardest known mineral. | ||
| The scale used to rank a mineral's hardness. | ||
| When a mineral breaks along flat planes and regular angles. | ||
| When a mineral breaks unevenly like glass. | ||
| Mass per unit volume. | ||
| A scientist that studies rocks and minerals. | ||
| The mineral property that describes how light reflects off the mineral's surface. | ||
| The mineral property that describes how much light is transmitted through the mineral. | ||
| The mineral property that can be determined by scratching against copper and glass. | ||
| When a mineral glows under ultraviolet light. | ||
| When a mineral fizzes and/or bubbles when in contact with HCl. | ||
| As a mineral forms into a solid, a repeating pattern of the mineral's particles takes on a certain shape. | ||
| A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition |
