S6E5b-c - Rocks and Minerals

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How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's

These fossils of sea creatures were found far above sea level in the upper layers of the Grand Canyon. What can be concluded based on this finding?

Which type of rock is most likely to be the most dense (most tightly packed particles and therefore heaviest)?

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition is referring to

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled at or near earth's surface?

When minerals break EVENLY on a specific plane

The solid, geometric form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms

Fossils are sometimes found in which type of rock? (Fossils can only survive this rock's process of formation.)