Chapter 10 Rocks and Minerals

Element or compound found in the Earth.

• Rock Cycle

• Mineral

• Rock

How a mineral reflects light.

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

Natural, solid material made of one or more minerals.

• Rock

• Mineral

• Magma

Ability of a mineral to resist being scratched.

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

Color of the mark a mineral makes on a white tile.

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

Igneous rock formed from cooled lava on the earths surface.

• Igneous Rock

• Extrusive Rock

• Intrusive Rock

Igneous rock formed underground from cooled magma.

• Rock Cyle

• Intrusive Rock

• Extrusive Rock

Hot, liquid rock inside the earth.

• Rock

• Mineral

• Magma

Series of natural changes that cause one type of rock to become another.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Rock Cycle

• Igneous Rock

Rock formed from pieces of other rock that have been pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock