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6. A natural, inorganic, solid that has a characteristic chemical composition, an orderly internal structure and a characteristic set of physical properties is called THIS.

7. Mineral (easy one)

8. Many minerals like quartz and orthoclase have two of the most abundant elements in the earth’s crust in them. These are the TWO MOST ABUNDANT MINERALS in the Earth’s crust.

9. Oxygen and Silicon

10. The tendency of a mineral to split along planes where bonds are weakest is called THIS

11. Cleavage

12. The color of the mineral in powdered form is called THIS

13. Streak

14. The size of the crystals in the rock refers to this property

15. Texture

16. Mafic rocks are usually this type of color

17. Dark (rich in iron and magnesium and lower silica content than intermediate or felsic rocks)

18. Igneous rocks are formed from _____ cooling.

19. Magma (melted rock)

20. When magma cools quickly, the crystals size does this….

21. Crystal size decreases

22. When classifying igneous rocks, THESE two factors are considered.

23. Composition of magma and location of formation (intrusive or extrusive)

24. Granite often contains these two minerals

25. Feldspar and quartz

26. The process that involves weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation is called THIS

27. Lithification

28. What would we likely infer about a sedimentary rock with very small and rounded grains?

29. The source of sediment was far from where the rock was formed

30. These are the four main agents that move sediments.

31. Wind, water, ice, gravity

32. Calcium would likely make up a ____ sedimentary environment.

33. Marine Marine organisms with a calcium carbonate shell die and their shell eventually becomes limestone.

34. THIS TYPE OF sedimentary rock is classified by the size and shape of sediments they contain.

35. Clastic

36. Metemorphic rocks from from intsense ______ and pressure

37. Heat and pressure

38. Metamorphic will always have some evidence of their ___ rock.

39. Parent Rock

40. Mountain building is often associated with ____ metemorphism

41. Regional metemorphism

42. Metamorphic rock texture which minerals are arranged in bands is called THIS

43. Folliation

44. Metamorphic rocks that are folliated are generally the result of ___ _____

45. Regional or dynamic metamorphism (lots of heat and pressure)

46. Name three of the four agents of erosion

47. Wind, water, ice and gravity

48. Mineral(s) that are softer than glass AND folliated

49. Slate and phyllite

50. Principle of Uniformitarianism The ______ is the key to the ______.

51. The PRESENT is the key to the PAST.

52. Identify A, B, and C B B C C A A

53. A= Igneous B= Metemorphic C= Sedimentary

54. The Parthenon is made from this type of metemorphic rock

55. What is marble

56. Make your wager

57. Type of igneous rock that forms deep within the Earth’s surface

58. What is intrusive?