Rocks and minerals vocabulary
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- mineral
- natural, inorganic, crystalline solid that hav a range of compositions and properties
- rocks
- substances that are or were a naturak part of solid earth or lithosphere
- igneous
- rocks that form from hot, molten (liquid) rock materials that orginate deep within earth
- metamorphic
- sedimentary or igneous rocks that are buried so deeply that heat and pressure cause them to become new materials.
- sedimentary
- rocks formed by deposition, burial, or cementation of rocks.
- fossil fuels
- fuel made from fossils or other natural substances
- crystal structure
- the alignment of crystals in a mineral
- cleavage
- tendency of some minerals to break along smooth, flat planes
- fracture
- minerals that break along curved surfaces or surfaces that are not parallel
- hardness
- resistance of a mineral to being scratched
- streak
- the color of the powdered form of a mineral
- luster
- way light is reflected and/or absorbed by the surface of a mineral
- crystal shape
- shape of crystals in a rock or mineral
- crystalization
- formation of crystals
- solidification
- making solid
- magma
- molten rock beneath earth's surface
- inferred
- To conclude from evidence or premises
- rock cycle
- the process that each rock type undergoes to form
- contact metamorphism
- intrusion of hot, molten magma will change the rock with which it comes in contact
- sediments
- Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice.
- compacted
- Closely and firmly united or packed together; dense
- cemented
- A chemically precipitated substance that binds particles of clastic rocks.
- chemical precipitation
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- natural resources
- any material from the enviroment that is used to support people's lives and lifestyles.