Minerals
Minerals Identification
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamphoric Rocks
100
The parts that rocks are made of
Minerals
100
True or False. The best clue to identify a mineral is the color on the outside of a mineral.
False.
100
This type rock forms when hot melted rock cools and hardens
igneous rock
100
This type of rock forms when sediments are pressed together into layers
sedimentary rock
100
Deep inside Earth, this type of rock that is squeezed and heated can change into another rock
metamorphic rock
200
True or False. Rocks may be made of many minerals or just one.
True
200
The ability of one mineral to scratch another mineral
hardness
200
This igneous rock forms when lava cools above Earth's surface
rhyolite
200
The remains of living things from long ago
fossils
200
The continual changing of one kind of rock into another kind
rock cycle
300
Rocks that contain useful minerals
Ores
300
The way something shines in the light
Luster
300
This igneous rock forms when magma cools below Earth's surface
Granite
300
this sedimentary rock contains stored energy from plants that lived long ago
Soft coal
300
This hard rock is used to make chalkboard and roofs. It is formed from shale and waterproof.
slate
400
These minerals are valued for beauty and used for jewelry.
Diamonds and rubies
400
This mineral has a yellow color and a metallic luster like gold. It was called "fool's gold".
Pyrite
400
This igneous rock has a glassy shine and forms above the ground
obsidian
400
this sedimentary rock forms from bits of sand cemented together
sandstone
400
This metamorphic rock is used for making glass and pottery. It is also used for tile floors and stone walls.
quartzite
500
Name the four minerals in granite.
quartz, feldspar, mica, hornblende
500
The color of the powder left when a mineral is rubbed along a rough white tile
streak
500
This structure was made from blocks of granite. It was built over 2,000 years ago.
The Great Wall of China
500
You can see the layers of sedimentary rocks along this place
Grand Canyon
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