Rocks and Minerals Test Review

This characteristic is used to identify few minerals that have their own characteristic coloring.

• Color

• Luster

• Density

• Hardness

The way that a mineral reflects light from its surface; two types - metallic and nonmetallic

• Color

• Luster

• Density

• Hardness

Transported sediments settle out of the process carrying it (occurs when eroded materials are dropped in another location)

• Deposition

• Luster

• Erosion

• Melting

Compaction and sedimentation form _____ rocks.

• Deposition

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Continuous, dynamic set of processes by which rocks are changed into other types of rock

• Igneous

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Rock Cycle

How much matter is in a certain space; Density = mass/volume

• Color

• Luster

• Volume

• Density

Process of sedimentary rock formation that occurs when dissolved minerals precipitate out of groundwater and either a new mineral grows between and over grains

• The Rock Cycle

• Cementation

• Volume

• Density

The manner in which a mineral breaks along planes where atomic bonding is weak.

• Cleavage

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Luster

The physical and chemical processes that transform sediments into sedimentary rocks.

• Lithification

• The Rock Cycle

• Sedimentation

• Erosion

Scale used as a reference; lists common minerals in order of their relative hardness.

• Lithification

• The Rock Cycle

• Mohs Hardness Scale

• Erosion