A basic earth material that can not be broken down into other ingredients.
What is a mineral
100
How do we kow if a rock has calcite in it or not?
It should bubble in vinegar and leave residue after evaporating the vinegar.
100
List 4 types of properties a rock or mineral could have.
What are size, color, shape, & texture.
100
The property that refers to a resistance of a mineral to being scratched.
What is a. luster b.streak c. hardness d. cleavage
What is c. Hardness
100
List three things that make up a sedimentary rock.
What are mud, shells, fossils, sand, & other rocks.
200
Takes place when water disappears into the air.
What is evaporation.
200
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
Rocks are made up of minerals and several ingredients while a mineral is one pure ingredient.
200
List 3 tools used to test minerals for hardness.
What is paperclip, penny, and fingernail.
200
How does evaporation help you study mock rocks?
a. It changes the color of the rock
b. Helps seperate the parts of rock
c. It gives a better idea of the weight of the rock
d. It helps you scratch a mineral
What is b. Helps you seperate the rock.
200
Lava cool to form this kind of rock.
What is igneous rock.
300
A person who studies the earth.
What is a Geologist.
300
If you have 2 minerals and no scratch tools, how do you know which is harder?
Scratch them together and the harder one will scratch the softer mineral.
300
List 3 things a geologist would carry with them to help identify rocks and minerals.
What a field notebook, hand lens, and vinegar.
300
The solid form of a material that can be identifies is
a. crystal
b. hardness
c. dissolve
d. rocks
What is a. Crystal
300
Rocks that go through change are called.
What are Metamorphic rocks.
400
An acid that can be used to test for calcite.
What is vinegar.
400
How are a cookie and a rock similar?
Both are made of up several ingredients.
400
List the 3 types of rocks we studied.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic.
400
This takes places when small substances seem to disappear in water.
a. depth
b. evaporate
c. crystalize
d. dissolve
What is d. Dissolve
400
Layers need to do this in order to form sedimentary rocks.
What is harden or stick together.
500
Signs or facts on which a conclusion can be based.
What is evidence.
500
If you are given a mock rock what are the 3 steps that you can do to find the ingredients?
1. Break it apart.
2. Add water to break it down further.
3. Evaporate the water to see the smallest particles left behind.
500
List the 4 minerals we tested in order from softest to hardest.
What is gypsum, calcite, fluorite, and quartz.
500
Which is Not a good way to learn about rocks?
a. dropping acid on the rock
b. dropping the rock from a high place to test hardness
c. look at the rock with hand lens
d. scratch the rock with a knife to learn how hard it is.
What is b. dropping the rock from a high place.
500
Metamorphic rocks are caused by these 2 events occurring to sedimentary or igneous rocks.