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