Rock Cycle Vocab with fill in the blank

What is the measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched?

• Hardness

• Luster

• Streak

• Sediment

What type of rock forms when melted rock from deep below Earth’s surface cools and hardens?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Metallic Mineral

How is the way a mineral shines or reflects light described?

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

• Sediment

What is a mineral that is shiny like a metal called?

• Metallic Mineral

• Nonmetallic Mineral

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

What type of rock forms when existing rocks are changed by extreme heat and pressure?

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Nonmetallic Mineral

What is a nonliving solid material that has a definite chemical makeup?

• Mineral

• Rock

• Sediment

• Streak

What is a mineral made up of one or more minerals called?

• Nonmetallic Mineral

• Metallic Mineral

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

What is a solid material made up of one or more minerals?

• Rock

• Sediment

• Streak

• Luster

What is the continuous series of changes that rocks undergo?

• Rock Cycle

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

What are particles of sand, soil, and bits of rock called?

• Sediment

• Mineral

• Streak

• Luster