1. Rocks and Minerals

2. Rocks and Minerals Rocks: naturally occurring ________of _______
Minerals: natural, ______substance that has definite _______composition and _______structure. _______rocks contain minerals.
The building _______of rocks

3. Mineral Property
Minerals can be __________by _______at its properties or physical and chemical ________
_____ways + 2 ________ways

4. 7 ways to identify minerals/rocks
______

5. 2 Special ways to Identify minerals/rocks
_______base test
UV _______test

6. Color
The ______of a _______sample. Different samples of the same mineral may have more than one color

8. Streak The ______of the ______of the mineral.
Minerals are _______across a _______plate.
Minerals may look similar, but have a _______streak

10. Luster The way _______reflects from the mineral’s surface.
May be _______or __________(glassy is nonmetallic)
May vary from sample to sample

11. Metallic Luster Non metallic luster

12. Minerals break
The way a mineral _______is often a better clue as to its identity
Bonds between atoms may be equal in all directions or they may be stronger within layers

13. Cleavage The tendency of a mineral to ______along ______surfaces
Minerals will have flat surfaces, may be in _____or more _______

14. Halite, breaks in 90 degree angles

15. Fracture
The tendency of a mineral to _______ into _______, jagged pieces.
Atomic bonds are fairly equal in all directions

16. Fracture

17. Density _______of _______in a given volume of a mineral
2 minerals may appear the _______but one may be much lighter

18. Hardness A mineral’s _______to being _______.
Determined by the strength between atoms.

19. _______Scale Describes a mineral’s hardness.
Talc = _____– baby _______
_______is the _______mineral = _____the only thing that can ______a diamond is another _________

20. Mohls Scale

21. ______test: ______with _____= carbonate minerals (______)
Special Properties
______test: ______with _____= carbonate minerals (______)
Fluorescence = minerals _____when exposed to _____light

22. Standard Light UV light

23. Classifying Rocks
_____rock types
_______________
___________

24. Sedimentary Rocks “that which has _______” Formed from _______
Sediments=rocks exposed to _______that have been broken down into very small pieces
Formation depends on ____________________
Sediments _______into _______
Cement _______over time

25. Sedimentary

26. Igneous Rocks “______rocks” _______magma or ______
Magma= molten (______) rock ______earth
______= molten rock that reaches the _______of earth
**heating and cooling of in mantle layer may lead to this formation

27. Igneous

28. Metamorphic Rocks “_______”
Igneous and sedimentary rocks that have _______due to ______and _______
Heat and pressure cause ______combinations or new crystals to form
**heating and cooling of in _______layer may lead to this formation

29. Metamorphic

30. Rock Cycle

31. Rock Cycle
The ______of ______remains ______while being ______through the _________ ______.
**Look at poster