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  • What type of rock is formed from intense heat and pressure?
    Metamorphic Rock
  • Mohs' Scale is a tool used to measure a mineral's __________.
    Hardness
  • What is the name of the hardest mineral?
    Diamond
  • What is the name of the softest mineral?
    Talc
  • What are TWO clue words for sedimentary rocks?
    Sediments, layers, weathering, or erosion
  • Small pieces of rock, sand, and dirt are called _________.
    Sediments
  • The color of the outside of a mineral is called the mineral's ___________.
    Color
  • What are TWO clue words for igneous rocks?
    Cools, melt, or magma
  • What is one clue word for metamorphic rocks?
    Heat, pressure, or change
  • Melted rock is called ________.
    Magma
  • What is one clue word for sedimentary rocks?
    Sediments, layers, weathering, or erosion
  • The color of the powder left behind when a mineral is scratched against a tile is called the mineral's ________.
    Streak
  • What type of rock is formed from magma that has cooled and hardened?
    Igneous Rock
  • _____________ is a process that makes sediments.
    Weathering
  • What are the three characteristics of all rocks?
    Made from one or more minerals, solid, made by nature
  • What are the three characteristics of all minerals?
    Made by nature, solid, not alive
  • What type of rock is formed when sediments are squeezed into layers?
    Sedimentary Rock
  • What is one clue word for igneous rocks?
    Cools, melt, or magma
  • How easy it is to scratch a mineral is called the mineral's _______.
    Hardness
  • What are TWO clue words for metamorphic rocks?
    Heat, pressure, or change
  • The way light reflects off of a mineral's surface is called the mineral's ____________.
    Luster
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