MINERALS, ROCKS, and RESOURCES
| atoms of elements (e.g., oxygen, silicon) | chemical sedimentary rocks | clastic |
| cleavage | coarse-grained | color |
| compression | concoidal | contact metamorphism |
| crystal shape | crystal size | density |
| evaporite | extrusive | felsic |
| fine-grained | fluorescence | foliated |
| fossil | fracture | glassy texture |
| hardness | igneous rock | inorganic sedimentary rocks |
| intrusive | lava | luster |
| mafic | magma | magnetism |
| metamorphic rock | mineral | mixture (e.g, rocks, air) |
| Mohs hardness scale | molecules of compounds (e.g., quartz, feldspar) | non-silicates |
| ore | organic sedimentary rocks | physical and chemical properties |
| plutonic | precipitation | pressure |
| reactivity with acid | regional metamorphism | resources |
| rock cycle | rock texture | sedimentary rock |
| sediments | silica tetrahedron | silicates |
| streak | volcanic | weathering |