Minerals
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary
Rock
Metamorphic
Rock
Rocks in General
100
Minerals make up these objects of natural, solid material.
What are rocks?
100
Molten material that spews or flows out of volcanoes.
What is lava?
100
The name of a common sedimentary rock made of sand particles.
What is sandstone?
100
A rock that has been changed by heat, pressure, or both is called...
What is Metamorphic Rock?
100
This is the name of a scientist who studies rocks.
What is a Geologist?
200
This mineral is the hardest and can scratch all other minerals.
What is a diamond?
200
Molten material under the surface of Earth.
What is magma?
200
The name of deposited rock particles and other materials that settle in a liquid.
What is sediments?
200
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200
This is the North Carolina state gemstone.
What is an emerald?
300
This tool is used to find the streak color of a mineral.
What is a streak plate?
300
The definition of the word igneous.
What is fire-made?
300
This is the name of the process of rain, wind and floods moving sediments.
What is weathering?
300
This metamorphic rock was once commonly used for chalkboards.
What is slate?
300
Any trace of a plant or animal that lived in the past and is preserved in rock.
What is a fossil?
400
The way the light bounces off a mineral.
What is luster?
400
This example of igneour rock is commonly used in kitchens.
What is granite?
400
This sedimentary rock, Limestone, contains _____________, that gives evidence of ancient creatures.
What is fossils/shells?
400
This metamorphic rock is commonly used to make sculptures, monuments and gravestones.
What is marble?
400
The never-ending process of how rocks are formed and changed over time.
What is the rock cycle?
500
This bright yellow mineral is found around volcanoes and smells like rotten eggs.
What is sulfur?
500
This rough textured rock can be used to scrub dead skin off of one's body.
What is pumice?
500
This sedimentary rock is made from plants and mined and used for energy.
What is coal?
500
Granite changes with heat and pressure into this metamorphic rock.
What is gneiss?
500
Minerals that have been melted may then in time cool and harden into these new structures.
What are crystals?
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