The color of the powdered form of a mineral
Streak
Any natural material that is used by humans.
Natural Resource
Process in which sediment is moved from one place to another
Erosion
A natural resource that can be replaced at least as quickly as it is used.
Renewable Resource
The process in which sediment comes to rest.
Deposition
Rocks that form when magma or lava cools and hardens to become a solid.
Ignenous Rock
A solid, geometric form that results from a repeating pattern of atoms or molecules
Crystal
A resource that forms much more slowly than it is consumed.
Nonrenewable Resource
The way a surface reflects light
Luster
The series of processes in which rocks change from one type to another.
Rock Cycle
An area where a set of deep cracks form
Rift Zones
A nonrenewable resource formed from the buried remains of plants and animals
Fossil Fuel
The tendency of a mineral to split along specific planes of weakness to form smooth and a flat surfaces
Cleavage
Rocks that form when minerals or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together
Sedimentary Rocks
When water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock
Weathering
Rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations
Uplift
Rocks that form when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change and existing rock
Metamorphic Rock
The sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations
Subsidence
A naturally occurring, usually inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure and chemical composition.
Mineral