Mohs' Scale
All About Rocks...
Hardness Test
More about rocks...
Types of Rocks
100
This mineral is the softest mineral and number 1 on the Mohs scale
What is talc?
100
The scientific study of Earths History and structure.
What is Geology?
100
when comparing the hardness of any two materials, the harder one will scratch the softer one TRUE OR FALSE
What is True
100
An earth material made up of different ingredients called minerals.
What is a rock
100
a dark fine grained volcanic rock
What is basalt
200
This mineral is number 10 on the Mohs' scale and the hardest known mineral.
What is Diamond?
200
This is the distance around circular objects such as rocks.
What is circumference?
200
a mineral property, is the resistance of a mineral to being scratched.
What is Hardness
200
An ingredient of rocks that cannot be broken down any further.
What is a mineral?
200
a metamorphic form of limestone
What is marble?
300
This mineral is number three on the Mohs scale and has a white apperance.
What is Calcite?
300
This is something you observe, such as size, color, shape, or texture
What is property?
300
minerals can be seriated by hardness True or False
What is True
300
The process of changing into a vapor
What is Evaporation
300
a hard sedimentary rock that is often used as a building material and in making cement
What is limestone?
400
This mineral is number 4 on the Mohs Scale and is found in toothpaste.
What is fluorite?
400
how thick an object is
What is Depth
400
Place the following Testing Tools in order fingernail penny paper Clip
What is 1. paperclip 2. penny 3. fingernail
400
hardest of the common materials found on earth
What is Quartz
400
Sedimentary rock consisting of sand or quartz grains cemented together, typically red, yellow, or brown in color.
What is sandstone?
500
This mineral has a green coloring to it and is number two on the Mohs scale of Hardness.
What is Gypsum?
500
This is a tool to measure mass
What is a balance?
500
an acid used to test for calcite
What is Vinager
500
a person who studies the earth and the materials it is made of
What is a geologist?
500
solid form of a material that can be identified by its shape or pattern
What is crystal?
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