Mineral Properties
Common Minerals
Types of Rocks
Earth Structure
Powerful Forces
100
Not always a good indicator of the type of mineral but easy to see.
What is colour?
100
Also known as "fools gold" this mineral is has golden crystals that are much harder than real gold.
What is pyrite?
100
This type of rock is formed from magma or lava.
What is igneous rock?
100
The outside layer of the Earth.
What is The Crust?
100
Areas of the Earth's Crust that are moving.
What are plate boundaries?
200
The colour of the powder left when scraped on a ceramic plate.
What is streak?
200
This mineral forms in flat sheets and looks like flakes of glass.
What is mica?
200
This type of rock is formed in layers after being compacted or cemented together over a period of time. Fossils can be found in this type of rock.
What is Sedimentary Rock?
200
The largest layer inside the earth.
What is the Mantle?
200
The driving force mechanism behind plate tectonics
What are convection currents in the mantle?
300
The way light reflects from its surface.
What is lustre?
300
This mineral has a high concentration of iron and is known for its magnetic properties. It is also heavy and usually black in colour.
What is magnetite?
300
This type of rock is formed under tremendous temperature and pressure. It includes rocks such as marble and diamond.
What is Metamorphic Rock?
300
The theory that the Earth's Crust is floating on pieces that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
What is Plate Tectonics?
300
Violent shaking of the earth's Crust caused when plates move.
What are Earthquakes?
400
Uses a scale from 1 to 10. Developed by a scientist named Moh.
What is Hardness?
400
When it breaks it forms flat sided "rhombs" that look like crystals. It is fairly soft and has a white streak.
What is calcite?
400
Igneous rock is formed from crystals. Which would give you the largest crystals, intrusive (inside the earth) or extrusive (outside the earth?
What is intrusive?
400
The scientist who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
400
A process that forms mountains.
What is folding or faulting or volcanoes?
500
When a mineral has jagged and uneven edges over its surface.
What is fracture?
500
This mineral is soft, has a dull lustre, and is used to make drywall for houses and buildings.
What is gypsum?
500
The parent rock of marble.
What is limestone?
500
A Canadian scientist who contributed to the study of geology.
Who is J. Tuzo Wilson or Joseph Tyrell or Harold Williams?
500
The Era in the geological time scale when dinosaurs appeared.
What is the Mesozioc Era?
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