Layers of the Earth
Characteristics of Minerals
Rocks Rock!
Vocabulary Blitz!
Give me an example
100
The center of the earth where it is hot and under extreme pressure.
What is the core?
100
The color of the mark that is made when a sample is rubbed on a harder surface.
What is streak?
100
These types of rocks form by heat and pressure deep below the earth's crust.
What is metamorphic rock?
100
A mineral that can be cut and polished for use.
What is a gemstone?
100
Name an example of a metal?
What is aluminum, copper, titanium, steel?
200
The layer of earth that we live on.
What is the crust?
200
The way a mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
200
Two types of sedimentary rock.
What is sandstone and limestone?
200
Man-made.
What is synthetic?
200
Name two semi-precious gemstones.
What is jade, turquoise, amethysts, opal, garnet?
300
Small bits of weathered rock on the crust of the earth.
What is sediment?
300
The scale used to test a mineral's hardness.
What is Mohs Hardness Scale?
300
The difference between igneous and sedimentary rock.
Igneous rock forms from volcanic magma or lava. Sedimentary rock forms when sediment and organic material harden.
300
Hot, melted rock found inside the mantle.
What is magma?
300
Name two words to describe a mineral's luster.
What is dull, pearly, brilliant, metallic.
400
Two main differences between magma and lava?
What is: magma is hotter and is inside the mantle? Lava is cooler and is on the earth's crust.
400
The breaking of a mineral along smooth, straight lines or into flat sheets.
What is cleavage?
400
What are pumice and obsidian used for?
What is landscaping/grilling and arrowheads/surgical tools?
400
Particles in the soil that were once part of a living thing.
What is organic?
400
Name three household products that contain minerals.
What is toothpaste, glass, food and drinks, electrical wires, cosmetics.
500
Name the three layers of the earth in order of the densest to the thinnest.
What is the mantle, the core, the crust?
500
Name 4 items that could be used to test a mineral's hardness.
What is fingernail, penny, knife, metal nail, glass?
500
Rocks that can split into flat sheets that easily break apart.
What is foliated?
500
A mineral with an orderly arrangement of particles, including straight sides and sharp edges.
What is a crystal?
500
Name the two strongest minerals.
What is diamonds and rubies?
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