Key Terms
About Rocks
About Minerals
Mining
Interesting Facts
100
What is the earths surface made up of?
The earths surface is made up of rocks and minerals.
100
What are rocks made from?
Rocks are made from 2 or more minerals.
100
What are minerals made from?
A mineral is made of an element.
100
What are ores?
Ores are rocks that have a lot of a certain minerals.
100
Is a rock soil?
Technically yes.
200
What does the word geology mean?
The word geology is a combination of 2 Greek words meaning earth and the study of.
200
What can rocks tell us about land?
Rocks can tell us how land has changed over long periods of time.
200
What are elements?
A substance that cant be broken down and was never alive.
200
Name three adjectives to describe aluminum?
Light ,strong and shiny.
200
About 3000 minerals are on earth?
About how much minerals are on earth?
300
What is concrete?
Concrete is a combination of cement and a few minerals.Bonus: used for building foundation.
300
What are tailings?
Tailings is waste rock.
300
What is fly ash?
Fly ash is when coal is burnt the ash in the air is fly ash.
300
Old mining areas have been reclaimed and used for new purposes. Give 2 examples.
1. We can use broken pieces of marble to make a table 2. An abandoned mining area is now a popular swimming area (Answers vary)
300
What is the most common rock?
Basalt.
400
How can we reuse a brick driveway.Give 2 examples.
Make a wall.Make a garden pathway.
400
What is an installation?
Big bales of special types of glass called fibreglass is used for installation.Installation keeps houses warm in winter cold in summer.
400
Why are magnets helpful when it comes to reusing metal?
Leftover pennies have magnet metal which you can make into other products.
400
what is smelting? Why is it important?
Smelting is separating minerals with large amounts of heat. Smelting is important because it gives us many useful products.
400
What is the most common mineral?
Quartz.
500
Name 5 ways we can use minerals?
Aluninum : pots pans and cutlery.Answers vary...
500
What are the three main types of rocks? Give 2 examples of each.
1. Igneous Granite Pumice 2. Sedimentary limestone shale 3. Metamorphic Marble Slate
500
Name and define the properties used to describe minerals.
1. Colour: Minerals come in many different colours. You cant always identify a mineral by its colour because the same minerals can come in different colours 2. Lustre: Lustre is the reflection of light off of the surface of a mineral. 3. Hardness: The hardness of a mineral can be a big clue to its identity. The hardness of a mineral can be ranked from 1-10. 4. Transparency: The transparency of a mineral describes how well light passes through it. 5. Magnetism: Some minerals are attracted to minerals. 6. Streak: streak is a powdery mark left behind.A certain mineral always leaves the same streak color.
500
How can we respect the environment when rock hunting?
We don't take to much rocks and don't disturb the environment.
500
What is the most strongest natural substance?
Diamond.
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