| A | B |
| property | an observable characteristic of something that you can describe |
| fossil | when an image of something once living forms in a rock |
| sedimentary | when bits and pieces of matter settle to the bottom of water and form rock |
| magma | melted underground rock |
| igneous | rocks that form from magma |
| metamorphic | rocks that form or change by undeground pressure or heat |
| translucent | transmits varying degrees of lights |
| opaque | transmits no light |
| transparent | transmits all light (see through) |
| metallic | reflect light like polish metal (shiny) |
| nonmetallic | reflect light but dull, waxy, pearly |
| cleavage | breaking of meinerals into particular shapes |
| fracture | when a mineral doesn't break into a particular shape |