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Rocks
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Science
8th Grade
12/15/2009

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Term
Rock
Definition
A natturaly occuring soild mixture of one or more minerals
Term
Three types of rocks
Definition

Sedemintary

Medimorphic

igneous

Term
Intrusive Plutonic
Definition
made from magma ingenous made from magma
Term
Volcanic Extrusive
Definition
Made from lava
Term
Crystallizating
Definition
Slow formed crystals grow
Term
Sediment
Definition
Are formed from particals that have been carried along and deposited by wind and water.
Term
Sediment examples
Definition
remains of living things
Term
Weathering
Definition
is the rocks over time rusting by water
Term

Erosion

 

Definition
movement of sediment
Term
cementation
Definition
rocks forming together
Term
Rock cycle
Definition
is the cycle rocks are formed
Term
Metomorpic
Definition
Form by heat and pressure
Term
Igneous
Definition
Are formed from the cooling and crystalization of ethier magma or lava.
Term
Disco
Definition

Definate Chemical Composition

Inorganic

Soild

Crystal Stuture

Occurs Naturally

Term
D
Definition

Definate Chemical Compostion

compounds that make up mineral

Term
I
Definition

Inorganic

non-living

Term
S
Definition

 

Soild

Not a liquid or gas.

Term
C
Definition

Crystal Structure

 The atoms arrange a distint shape

Term
O
Definition

Occurs Naturaly

 

Happens naturaly by it's self

Term
Luster
Definition
Describes the way a mineral reflects light from it's surface.
Term
Cleavage
Definition
The tendency of a mineral to split along smooth, definite surfaces 
Term
Fracture
Definition
The tendecy of a mineral to not break along smooth or on predictable patterens.
Term
Mohs Scale
Definition
hardness 1-10
Term
Hardness
Definition
The higher can break the lower
Term
Specfic Density
Definition

 

Weight

Term
streak
Definition
The color of the mineral i powerderd form.
Term
Color
Definition
Color of the mineral just by lookin at it.
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