Rocks and Minerals Vocab List

A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust

• inner core
• basalt
• mantle
• limestone

The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• basalt
• deposition

Earth's outermost layer.

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

A substance in which the particles are arranged in an orderly, geometric, repeating pattern

• crystal
• marble
• deposition
• weathering

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

• deposition
• crystal
• minerals
• weathering

A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust

• inner core
• marble
• sedimentary rock
• granite

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• sedimentary rock
• crust
• igneous rock
• metamorphic rock

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth

• mantle
• crust
• inner core
• granite

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.

• crust
• mantle
• limestone
• deposition

The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• slate
• basalt