What are the 3 types of rocks we have been studying?
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic.
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What do all rocks have in common?
They are all made up of minerals.
100
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
Rocks are MADE UP of minerals.
100
What is the term for the process of breaking down rocks?
Weathering and erosion.
100
The process of one type of rock turning into another is called...
Rock Cycle!!!!!
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In what type of rock are you most likely to find a fossil?
Sedimentary Rock
200
What type of rock is made when lava cools?
Igneous Rock
200
Which is not a property of a mineral? Luster, Hardness, Size, Streak.
Size.
200
What is the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity move weathered rock and soil?
Erosion
200
Which is NOT a type of igneous rock? obsidian, sandstone, pumice, granite.
Sandstone.
300
What type of rock formed when layers of sediment hardened over millions of years?
Sedimentary rock.
300
Which type of rock is formed by heat and pressure?
Metamorphic rock
300
A (hard/soft) mineral will scratch a (hard/soft) mineral.
A HARD mineral will scratch a SOFT mineral.
300
Fossils can be found in sedimentary rocks. Fossils show the ____________ of an animal that lived long ago. (color, shape, skin, fur).
Shape
300
Which is NOT a type of sedimentary rock? limestone, sandstone, granite, coal.
Granite
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Which type of rock means "to change"?
Metamorphic Rock.
400
How can a metamorphic rock become magma?
By MELTING.
400
Which of these items are not made of rocks or minerals? Blanket, Jewelry, Pottery, Buildings.
Blanket
400
Rocks are grouped by how they... (form, change, melt, look)
Form
400
Which is NOT a type of metamorphic rock? gneiss, marble, slate, conglomerate.
Conglomerate
500
Scientists who study the earth and process that shape it are called....
Geologists.
500
Heat helps form which types of rock?
Igneous and metamorphic.
500
Using the Mohs Hardness Scale, which minerals is the hardest: Quarts, Diamond, Talc, or Pyrite?
Diamond
500
Fossils often last in sedimentary rocks because the rocks... (are very hot/ are often near animals/ have layers that protect the fossil/ don't ever change)
Have layers that protect the fossil.
500
Which of the following is not a type of fossil? Mold, cast, imprint, sediment.