SOL 5.7 Rocks and Minerals

Bedrowsky’s Shoot the “Rock”

HoopsVocab Rocks Mohs Models Minerals

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Buzzer Shot

HoopsVocab Rocks Mohs Models Minerals

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1 pt. Question from Vocabulary

What describes how the surface looks as you reflect light from it?

A. streakB. lusterC. hardnessD. texture

1pt. Answer from Vocabulary

B. luster

2 pt. Question from Vocabulary

What describes a mineral’s ability to resist scratches?

A. streakB. lusterC. hardnessD. texture

2 pt. Answer from Vocabulary

C. hardness

3 pt. Question from Vocabulary

What describes the powder left behind as you rub the mineral against a white tile?

A. streakB. lusterC. hardnessD. texture

3 pt. Answer from Vocabulary

A. streak

4 pt. Question from Vocabulary

What is a natural solid that has its particles arranged in a crystal pattern?

A. rockB. mineralC. rock cycleD. crust

4 pt. Answer from Vocabulary

B. mineral

5 pt. Question from Vocabulary

What is the Earth’s pattern of slow change in rocks from one type to another?

A. igneous rockB. sedimentary rockC. water cycleD. rock cycle

5 pt. Answer from Vocabulary

D. rock cycle

1 pt. Question from Rocks

What type of rock forms when rock pieces are deposited over time are compacted and cemented together?

A. igneous rockB. sedimentary rockC. metamorphic rockD. mineral

1 pt. Answer from Rocks

B. Sedimentary rock

2 pt. Question from Rocks

What type of rock has been changed by high heat and pressure?

A. igneous rockB. sedimentary rockC. metamorphic rockD. mineral

2 pt. Answer from Rocks

C. Metamorphic rock

3 pt. Question from Rocks

What type of rock forms when melted rock hardens?

A. igneous rockB. sedimentary rockC. metamorphic rockD. mineral

3 pt. Answer from Rocks

A. Igneous rock

4 pt. Question from Rocks

What type of rock can show evidence of fossils, like seashells being inside?

A. igneous rockB. sedimentary rockC. metamorphic rockD. mineral

4 pt. Answer from Rocks

B. Sedimentary rock

5 pt. Question from Rocks

What makes a rock different from a mineral?

A. Rocks are made from the Earth; minerals are notB. Minerals are made from rocks; rocks are not made of mineralsC. Rocks are made from minerals; minerals are not made of rocksD. Minerals form from the rock cycle; rock do not

5 pt. Answer from Rocks

C. Rocks are made from minerals; minerals are not made of rocks

1 pt. Question from Mohs

What mineral will be scratched by a fingernail?

A. GypsumB. FluoriteC. DiamondD. Quartz

1 pt. Answer from Mohs

A. Gypsum

2 pt. Question from Mohs

What mineral will not be scratched by a Feldspar?

A. GypsumB. FluoriteC. ApatiteD. Quartz

2 pt. Answer from Mohs

D. Quartz

3 pt. Question from Mohs

What mineral will scratch Topaz?

A. GypsumB. FluoriteC. CorundumD. Quartz

3 pt. Answer from Mohs

C. Corundum

4 pt. Question from Mohs

What mineral will cut glass?

A. GypsumB. FluoriteC. TalcD. Quartz

4 pt. Answer from Mohs

D. Quartz

5 pt. Question from Mohs

What mineral is only ½ of a point harder on the scale than a steel knife?

A. ApatiteB. FluoriteC. FeldsparD. Quartz

5 pt. Answer from Mohs

C. Feldspar

1 pt. Question from Models

What model would show how an igneous rock changes to a sedimentary rock?

A. An eraser rubbed on paperB. Graham crackers mixed with melted butter and pressed into a crustC. Cookie dough flattened and bakedD. Chocolate chip cookies and milk melted and cooled

1 pt. Answer from Models

B. Graham crackers

2 pt. Question from Models

What model would show how metamorphic rock form?

A. An eraser rubbed on paperB. Graham crackers mixed with melted butter and pressed into a crustC. Cookie chip dough flattened and bakedD. Chocolate chip cookies and milk melted and cooled

2 pt. Answer from Models

D. Chocolate Chip cookie dough flattened and baked

3 pt. Question from Models

What happens to fossils in metamorphic and igneous rocks?

A. They don’t existB. DisappearC. EscapeD. Melts into the rock

3 pt. Answer from Models

D. Melts into the rock

4 pt. Question from Models

What type of mineral is lighter than obsidian and makes it float in water?

A. graniteB. quartzC. pumiceD. diamond

4 pt. Answer from Models

C. pumice

5 pt. Question from Models

What is the mineral name for salt?A. how’s that lightB. haa haa lightC. haliteD. haloite

5 pt. Answer from Models

C. halite

1 pt. Question from Minerals

A.FluoriteB.ObsidianC.QuartzD.Talc

1 pt. Answer from Minerals

A. Fluorite

2 pt. Question from Minerals

A.FluoriteB.ObsidianC.QuartzD.Granite

2 pt. Answer from Minerals

B. Obsidian

3 pt. Question from Minerals

A.FluoriteB.DiamondC.QuartzD.Sapphire

3 pt. Answer from Minerals

B. Diamond

4 pt. Question from Minerals

A.FluoriteB.DiamondC.QuartzD.Sapphire

4 pt. Answer from Minerals

C. Quartz

5 pt. Question from Minerals

A.FluoriteB.ObsidianC.QuartzD.Granite

5 pt. Answer from Minerals

D. Granite

Buzzer ShotIn which way(s) do scientists classify minerals?

(more than one answer may be appropriate)

A. hardnessB. volumeC. streakD. luster

Buzzer Shot Answer

A, C, & D.

hardness, streak, and luster