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Rockin’ Rocks
Slow Changes
Voracious Vocabulary
Rapid Changes
Marvelous Minerals
the way a mineral shines, or reflects
light
a measure of how easy it is to
scratch a mineral
What is a mineral’s hardness?
a scale that measures the hardness of a
mineral
What is Mohs Harness Scale?
this type of mineral looks dull
What is a nonmetallic
mineral?
the tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat
surfaces
What is cleavage?
a solid material made up of one or
more minerals
the continuous series of changes
that rocks undergo
What is the rock cycle?
Weathering breaks down igneous rocks.
These sediments can be compacted and
cemented to form this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
Heat and pressure may melt a metamorphic
rock, forming magma. When the magma cools and hardens, this type
of rock is formed.
What is igneous rock?
a rock that is made when old rocks are
changed by heat and pressure under
Earth’s surface
What is metamorphic
rock?
melted rock above Earth’s surface
melted rock below Earth’s surface
a crack in Earth’s crust
the sudden movement of part
of the Earth’s crust
What is an earthquake?
when loose rock and soil move
suddenly down a hill
What is a landslide?
the slow wearing away of rock into
smaller pieces
What is weathering?
the moving of rock material from one place to another
a large piece of slow-moving ice
What is a glacier?
the dropping of sediment moved by water, wind, and ice
What is deposition?
the long ridge, or raised piece of land,
formed by the materials carried and deposited by a glacier
What is a moraine?
a nonliving solid found in nature
What is a mineral?
a body of water that is partly enclosed by land and has a
wide opening
a large mass of sediment at the mouth of a river
slow movement of land along a fault
an area of California that was formed by glaciers
What is Yosemite Valley?
the crust, mantle, outer core, and
inner core
What are Earth’s layers?