Rocks and minerals
Slow Changes to Earth's Surfaces
Erosion
Florida's resources
Mixed UP!!
100

Rocks and minerals can be identified by properties, such as what properties. What are the five properties?

What is ........ Color, Luster, Hardness, Streak Color and Cleavage 

100

Why is coal a nonrenewable resource?


It takes millions of years to form.

100
___________ occurs when water, wind, or ice wear away and change the shape of the land. A) Weathering B)Erosion
What is ...... A) Weathering B)Erosion
100


Florida supplies about 75% of one of the ingredients found in fertilizers used in this country. What is the ingredient?




phosphate

100
This can carry small rocks that scrape against surfaces and wear them away like sandpaper. What kind of erosion?
What is .....Wind
200

This type of rock is formed by layers of fossils? What type of rock am I?

What is ..... Sedimentary

200

Name three types of erosion:

What is .... Water Erosion Ice Erosion Wind Erosion

200


Which process is responsible for the breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition?



Weathering

200

Which Florida resource was used to build the courthouse?

Limestone

200

water can pick up and move sediments this is an example of _______________erosion?

What is ......water

300

What type of rock is formed by lava then cools and hardens?

What is .........Igneous Rock

300
Is Weathering is a slow change to Earth's Surface? yes or no
What is ......yes
300
Water can pick up and move _______________. What does water move? A) Weathering B)Erosion
What is ......A) Weathering B)Erosion
300

One of Florida's most abundant resources can be collected and turned into electricity for homes and businesses. What is it?

Solar energy

300


Bethany and Ian are each given a sample of the mineral quartz and asked to compare their samples. Bethany is given a sample of smoky quartz, and Ian is given a sample of rose quartz. Which property is least likely to be the same for the two samples?



What is ........color

400

What type of rock is formed from heat and pressure changes in rocks?

What is ......Metamorphic Rock

400
Layers of fossils are called what kind of rock?
What is ....Sedimentary Rock
400
Wind can carry small rocks that scrape against surfaces and wear them away like _______________. Sandpaper or Natural Bridge
What is .......Sandpaper
400


Surish's town is located by a large river. There is a dam on the river and a power plant nearby. The power plant uses the energy of the rushing water to generate electricity. Which type of natural resource is being used?



Hydroelectric Energy

400


Florida supplies about 75% of one of the ingredients found in fertilizers used in this country. What is the ingredient?



What is .......Phosphate

500

A scientist finds a rock sample and wants to test its cleavage. Which action should the scientist do to test the cleavage?

Break the rock to see what shape the pieces make.

500
Heat and pressure changes rocks and are called what kind of rock?
What is ......Metamorphic Rock
500
Here in Kentucky and Hoodoos in the desert are formed by what kind of Erosion? A)Water B) Wind C) Ice
What is..... Wind ......Wind.....Wind
500

If you use natural gas, what type of resource are you using?



Non-renewable
500

What is the resource silicon used for?

Making computer chips
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