Did you learn something new about rocks?
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How many types of rocks are there?
3
What do minerals combine to make?
Rocks
Have you ever had a rock collection before?
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What is the Earth’s crust made of?
Rocks
What are the people who study rocks called?
Geologists
What is lava called when still inside the volcano?
Magma
What is the study of rocks?
Geology
What are rocks made of?
Minerals
Is 1 or 10 the softest number on the scale?
1
Is 1 or 10 the hardest number on the scale?
10
What number does the scale of hardness go to?
10
What kind of rock forms from the cooling of magma or lava?
Igneous
What kind of rock forms from a change in sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks?
Metamorphic
What kind of rock is formed from pieces of a rock (sediment) combining?
Sedimentary
What type of rock are fossils?
Sedimentary
What are pieces of rock, sand, and pebbles called?
Sediment
What are the 3 types of rocks?
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
What is the word for how a rock feels or looks?
Texture
What are 2 of the 6 properties used to identify rocks?
Texture, cleavage, streak, color, luster, hardness
What is the igneous rock formed outside the volcano by lava called?
Extrusive igneous rock
What is the igneous rock formed inside the volcano by magma called?
Intrusive igneous rock
What is the word for how a rock breaks?
Cleavage
What is the word for dragging a rock across a surface to see the color of its powder?
Streak
What is the word for how a rock reacts in the light?
Luster