Rocks and Minerals
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. mineralogist
A. A fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of ___
2. weathering
B. Red, blue and yellow are all examples of this
3. rock
C. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (plural)
4. elements
D. Not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal
5. minerals
E. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
6. color
F. The breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
7. streak
G. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light
8. metallic
H. A scientist trained in ___
9. luster
I. How tightly packed the matter in something is
10. reflect
J. Hard piece of stone
11. cleavage
K. To manifest or bring back
12. nonmetallic
L. A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
13. fracture
M. To face and withstand with courage
14. hardness
N. An abstract part of something (plural)
15. crystal
O. A quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
16. density
P. A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure