Bedrock Museum
Rockin' out
The Third Rock from the Sun
Minerals
Volcanoes
100
This can cool and harden and form igneous rock.
What is magma?
100
These 2 things cause metamorphic rocks to form.
What is heat and pressure?
100
Name the layers of the Earth.
What is the inner core, outer core, mantle, and the crust
100
Vinegar was dropped on the rocks and minerals to test what.
What is to test for calcite
100
the three main types of volcanoes are
What composite (strato), shield and cinder cone?
200
This type of igneous rock is black with a glassy texture.
What is obsidian?
200
The hardest mineral.
What is a diamond?
200
The process of rocks changing from one kind of rock to another kind of rock over long periods of time.
What is the rock cycle?
200
The hardest most common mineral.
What is quartz
200
Volcanoes that no longer erupt are called this.
What is extinct?
300
Name two ways people use rocks.
What is buildings, walls, roads, jewelry, decoration, countertops?
300
A fossil is ___________.
What is the imprint of an organism on a rock?
300
The study of the earth is called ___________ and the person who studies it is called _______________.
What is geology and a geologist?
300
The measure of how difficult it is for a mineral to be scratched.
What is hardness or Moh's scale?
400
Describe what will happen after many years to sand and other sediment that has blown or washed to the ocean floor.
What is sediment will build up, compress together in layers and form larger rocks?
400
The process where rocks on the earth's surface are damaged by wind, rain, ice, tiny animals and plants.
What is erosion?
400
The properties of minerals that we discussed in class.
What is hardness, color and reaction to acid?
400
A famous volcano that erupted in the state of Washington in 1980.
What is Mt. St. Helen's?
500
This kind of igneous rock is formed when magma cools beneath the Earth's surface.
What is intrusive rock?
500
For an Igneous rock to become a sedimentary rock, what needs to happen?
What is erosion, burial, and sediments?
500
These help form or change the earth quickly
What are volcanoes?
500
This determines the size of crystals that form in igneous rocks.
What is the cooling rate of the magma or lava?
500
This instrument can measure movements of the earth.
What is a seismograph?
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