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manufactured diamonds are not minerals. Which reason explains why?
a) they do not occur naturally
b) they do not have an orderly crystal structure
c) they are not the same color
d) they are made of glass

The color a mineral leaves behind on a white tile is called its
a) streak
b) cleavage
c) luster
d) hardness

A mineral that reflects light like a piece of foil has a metallic _____.
a) luster
b) streak
c) weight
d) hardness

made up of one or more minerals
a) rock
b) sediments
c) igneous
d) diamonds

melted rock below the ground
a) magma
b) lava
c) metal
d) limestone

bits of weathered rocks
a) sediment
b) minerals
c) limestone
d) sandstone

remains or traces of a once living thing sometimes found in sedimentary rocks
a) fossils
b) bones
c) dirt
d) sediments

the natural process that allows for one type of rock change into another
a) rock cycle
b) metamorphic
c) weather
d) erosion

a rock that forms from magma or lava
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
d) minerals

a Rock that forms with great heat and pressure within the earth
a) metamorphic
b) igneous
c) sedimentary
d) minerals

A rock that forms from bits of weathered rocks
a) sedimentary
b) igneous
c) minerals
d) metamorphic

which of these processes would change limestone into marble?
a) heat and pressure
b) a volcanic eruption
c) melting and cooling
d) weathering and cementation

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