Choose a category. You will be given the answer.
You must give the correct question.Click to begin.
Click here for Final Jeopardy
How RocksDiffer
IdentifyingMinerals
Very Important
Vocabulary
10 Points
20 Points
30 Points
40 Points
50 Points
10 Points 10 Points 10 Points 10 Points
20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points
30 Points
40 Points
50 Points
30 Points 30 Points 30 Points
40 Points 40 Points 40 Points
50 Points 50 Points 50 Points
The Rock Cycle
Minerals
the way a mineral shines, or reflects
light
What is luster?
the color of a mineral when it
becomes a powder
What is the streak?
the tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat
surfaces
What is cleavage?
jewelry, coins, metal objects, plaster,
electric wire, and construction
materials
What are ways that minerals are used in
the home?
fingernails, copper pennies, steel nails,
and glass plates
What are tools that can be used to
measure hardness?
a rock that is made when pieces of sand, bits of rock and soil, and the remains of
dead organisms come together and get hard
What is a sedimentary rock?
a rock that forms when melted, or
molten, rock from deep in Earth cools
and gets hard
What is an igneous rock?
rock that is made when old rocks are changed by heat or
pressure under Earth’s surface
What is metamorphic
rock?
the type of rock in which fossils are
found
What is sedimentary rock?
the crust, the mantle, the outer
core, and the inner core
What are the layers of Earth?
Weathering breaks down igneous rocks. These sediments can
be compacted and cemented to form this type of rock.
What is a sedimentary rock?
Heat and pressure may melt a metamorphic
rock, forming magma. When the magma cools and hardens, this type
of rock is formed.
What is an igneous rock?
there is more than one of these
through the rock cycle
What are paths?
these forces can change a rock to a metamorphic rock
What are heat and pressure?
this starts the change from an
igneous rock to a sedimentary rock
What is weathering?
in order to determine what kind of mineral a sample is, you must rub
it against this object and observe the color of the powder left behind
What is a streak plate?
test that determines a
mineral’s ability to resist being scratched
What is the hardness test?
this type of mineral looks dull
What is a nonmetallic
mineral?
this mineral has a hardness of 10
What is a diamond?
the same mineral can be a variety of these, so scientists use other properties to identify
a mineral
What are colors?
a material made up of one or more
minerals
What is a rock?
a nonliving solid material that has a definite chemical
makeup and is found in Earth’s outermost layer
What is a mineral?
the scale used to determine a
mineral’s hardness
What is Mohs Hardness Scale?
the continuous series of changes
that rocks undergo
What is the rock cycle?
weathering and cementing
What are processes in the rock cycle?
Make your wager.
Obsidian, basalt, and granite are examples of this
type of rock.
What are igneous rocks?
Top Related