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Grade 7 Rocks and the Rock Cycle Game

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  • Sedimentary Rocks are formed from...
    Pressure-Compaction-Weathering and Erosion
  • When a mineral DOES NOT break along a flat surface.
    Fracture
  • What is a sedimentary rock that is formed from pieces (clasts) of pre-existing rocks?
    Clastic
  • Mineral property that is the way light is reflected
    luster
  • Igneous Rocks are made from...
    Volcanoes-lava,magma
  • What is the term for a LIGHT colored IGNEOUS rock?
    Felsic
  • Mineral property that is resistance to being scratched is tested on this scale
    Moh's Hardness Scale
  • Any rock can turn into any other rock (T/F)
    True
  • Metamorphic rocks that are do not have layers
    Non Foliated
  • Sandstone is this kind of rock
    clastic sedimentary
  • Metamorphic Rocks are formed from...
    Heat and Pressure
  • Metamorphic rocks that are aligned like the pages in a book
    Foliated
  • Mineral property that is resistance to being scratched
    Hardness
  • GRanite is this kind of rock
    intrusive igneous
  • Coal is this kind of rock
    Sedimentary
  • What is the term for dark colored igneous rocks?
    Mafic
  • When a mineral breaks along a flat surface.
    Cleavage
  • The only rocks that contain fossils
    Sedimentary
  • What is the term for igneous rocks that are COOLED QUICKLY out of the ground?
    Fine Grained
  • A sedimentary rocks form by precipitation of minerals from water.
    Chemical
  • Marble is this kind of rock
    Metamorphic
  • Pumice is this kind of rock
    Igneous
  • Sedimentary Rocks that form from the accumulation and cementing of organic debris, such as leaves, roots, and other plant or animal material
    Organic
  • What is the term for igneous rocks that are COOLED SLOWLY in the ground?
    Course grained