Minerals
Rocks
Weathering
Properties
World
100
This is a solid material found inside of rocks.
What is a mineral?
100
This is a hard material found in nature. It is made up of one or more minerals.
What is a rock?
100
This the change that happens when rocks are broken into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Purple, green, blue. These are which property of rocks and minerals?
What is color?
100
Name a statue that has been weathered and now looks green. It is in the state of New York.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
200
This mineral looks like glass.
What is quartz?
200
This rock figure is tall and has a steep slope.
What is a mountain?
200
When water does this inside a crack in a rock, it can break the rock.
What is freeze?
200
This property can be shiny or dull.
What is luster?
200
The Grand Canyon was weathered this way.
What is with moving water?
300
This mineral looks like gold.
What is pyrite or mica?
300
This kind of rock is made of feldspar, mica, quarts, and hornblende.
What is granite?
300
Name three things that can cause weathering.
What is water, wind, smoke, pollution, plant roots?
300
When something is rough or smooth, what property do we call this?
What is texture?
300
Rocks are smooth in the river. What caused this?
What is water weathering?
400
This mineral is purple.
What is amethyst?
400
This kind of rock is very soft.
What is sandstone?
400
These kinds of rocks weather faster.
What is soft rocks?
400
When you scratch a rock, you are testing this property.
What is hardness?
400
Sand dunes are caused by this.
What is wind weathering?
500
What is the hardest mineral on earth?
What is a diamond?
500
Name a tiny rock.
What is sand or pebbles?
500
This part of a tree can cause weathering also.
What are the roots?
500
When you use a balance scale, you are looking for this property of rock or mineral.
What is mass?
500
The Statue of Liberty was being damaged by these elements.
What is water, salt, and pollution weathering.
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