Vocabulary Rock Cycle Identifying Minerals Weathering And Erosion Think About It
An object that is solid, formed in nature, and has never been alive.
What is a mineral?
A naturally formed solid made of one or more minerals
What is a rock?
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
The movement of weathered rock and soil.
What is erosion?
A huge block of moving ice.
What is a glacier?
The process of one kind of rock changing into another kind.
What is the rock cycle?
I form from melted rock that comes from a volcano.
What is an igneous rock?
I form from heat and pressure.
What is a metamorphic rock?
I form from broken down rocks and soil that settle into layers.
What is a sedimentary rock?
A river could change its path over time because of this.
What is sediment?
We use these to identify minerals.
What are properties?
We might use a fingernail, penny, or nail to find this out.
What is a mineral’s hardness?
When we use a white tile and rub a mineral on it, see a powder that we call this.
What is a streak?
If we say a mineral is shiny, glassy, or dull, we are describing this.
What is luster?
We use this scale to describe a mineral’s hardness.
What is the Mohs Scale?
These things cause weathering.
What are water, ice, wind, plant roots, and chemicals?
I am slow erosion.
What is creep?
I can cause sand dunes.
What is wind?
I smooth out rocks.
What is water?
A valley can be formed by this.
What is a glacier?
I am a beach, but I’m not as wide as I used to be. I am smaller because of this.
What is erosion?
I am an igneous rock stored in Mrs. Lachman’s classroom. I will be this kind of rock in 50 years if I stay in the same place.
What is an igneous rock?
I am a valley formed by a glacier, but it is a warm place. My temperature a long time ago must have been this.
What is much colder?
If I am an igneous rock that has cooled really quickly, I might look like this.
What is glass?
A mineral we use in class to write with.
What is graphite?