Minerals
Rocks
Rock Cycle
Weathering and Erosion
Mineral Properties
100

Minerals are....

Natural forming, non-living, and crystalized objects.

100

The three kinds of rocks.

What are Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary?

100

How do we classify and identify rocks?

How the rocks were formed.

100
The process of changing the shape and size of a rock.
What is weathering?
100

Name the 5 properties used to identify a mineral

Streak, Luster, Cleavage, Hardness and Color

200

Rocks are made up of?

Organic plant matter, once-living organisms, and minerals.

200

What rocks are made of.

What are bits and pieces of different minerals.

200

How can you change a rock into a metamorphic rock?

Apply extreme heat and pressure

200
The process of moving rocks.
What is erosion?
200

The way a mineral reflects light is called...

Luster

300

Where can minerals be found?

All over Earth's surface and deep inside of Earth 

300

Jarrel went on an archaeological dig one weekend with his grandfather. He found a fossil inside sedimentary rock.

What is sedimentary rock made from?

A. Metal ores that are exposed to moisture

B. Molten lava that has cooled

C. Pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms

D. Large boulders close together

Pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms


300
Name two causes for a metamorphic or igneous rock to turn into a sedimentary rock.
What are weathering and erosion?
300
Name three things can cause erosion.
What are wind, water, ice and gravity?
300

Which property is the least useful for identifying a mineral?

Color

400
Is this statement True or False? Minerals form rocks and rocks form elements.
What is False Elements form minerals and minerals form rocks.
400
True of False Igneous rocks are only found near active volcanoes.
What is False?
400

What forms when magma reaches the Earth's surface, cools and hardens.

Igneous Rock

400
The left over from the rocks that have been broken down after weathering.
What is soil?
400

The powder a mineral leaves behind.

Streak

500

True or false: Igenous is a mineral

If true, explain

If false, explain


False, it is a rock

500
Two ways a rock changes into a metamorphic rock.
What is heat and pressure?
500
A type of rock that forms when particles of rock and other materials are compacted and cemented together.
What is Sedimentary Rock?
500
Which comes first, weathering or erosion?
What is weathering?
500

Part 1

Which property describes a mineral's resistance to being scratched?  

Part 2

Which property describes the powder left behind when rubbed against a surface?

Part 1 - Hardness

Part 2- Streak

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