This type of music became popular beginning in the 1950s.
What is rock'n'roll?
100
Water falls from the sky in the form of these crystals, no two of which are the same.
What are snowflakes?
100
This soft, flat, black, flaky mineral we examined in class has streaks of yellow-gold through it.
What is mica?
100
Diamonds are the birthstone for this month.
What is April?
200
Name Ms. Nesbit's or Mrs. Buckner's birthstone.
What is sapphire or emerald?
200
The chorus of this Queen song that begins with a pronoun is popular at sporting events.
What is "We Will Rock You"?
200
This property of crystals means that they are made of similar parts facing eachother or around an axis.
What is symmetry?
200
This soft white mineral (1 on the Mohs scale) is used in body powders.
What is talc?
200
Diamonds are the hardest substance on the Mohs scale with a score of this number.
What is 10?
300
June's birthstone, named after a Russian ruler, looks green or red depending on the light.
What is Alexandrite?
300
This nursery rhyme warns against a cradle falling out of a tree.
What is Rockabye Baby?
300
This type of salt creates crystals that look like squares with Xs through them.
What is kosher salt?
300
This mineral that pencil leads are made from is a form of carbon.
What is graphite?
300
The largest diamond was found in this country.
What is South Africa?
400
December's birthstone is naturally found in what region of the United States? (Hint: use the cardinal directions)
What is the Southwest?
400
This Chevy slogan means the trucks are strong.
What is "like a rock"?
400
Amethyst is a form of this hard crystal we examined in class.
What is quartz?
400
This property of minerals describes how light interacts with the surface of the mineral and is named after the Greek word for "light".
What is lustre?
400
Diamonds are measured using this unit of measurement.
What is carats?
500
Name the two month/birthstone pairs that start with the same letter.
What are September/sapphire and October/opal?
500
Name this Jack Black movie: A wannabe rock star in need of cash poses as a substitute teacher at a prep school, and tries to turn his class into a rock band.
What is School of Rock?
500
This is the study of the measurement of crystals.
What is crystallography?
500
This mineral is called "Fool's Gold" because it was often confused for real gold.
What is pyrite?
500
This famous large blue diamond can be seen at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC.