Vocabulary
Rock and Mineral Tests
Rock On!
Erooooding!
Miss Moro's Bonus Questions
100
What is the word for rocks that break or fault easily?
What is brittle.
100
What does the luster test look for?
What is how a mineral reflects light.
100
What is the name of the type of rocks that form in layers?
What is sedimentary.
100
What are the four main forces of erosion?
What is wind/sand, water, ice, and chemicals.
100
What is the hardest mineral?
What is a diamond.
200
What is the term for rocks that bend or fold easily?
What is ductile.
200
How do you test luster?
What is by shining a light on the rock, preferably with a magnifying glass.
200
What forces changes rocks to form metamorphic rocks?
What are heat and pressure.
200
What is affected by erosion.
What is rocks, minerals, earth.
200
Explain the difference between rocks and minerals.
What is minerals are pure and solid natural formations, while rocks are a combination of many minerals and other organic remains.
300
What can flint be used for?
What is making fire.
300
What are the 5 nonmetallic qualities of minerals?
What is glassy, pearly, silky, greasy and dull.
300
What was the first type of rock to form?
What is igneous.
300
What can help prevent erosion?
What is trees, plants, and rocks.
300
Name the mineral that was yellow and smelled very bad.
What is sulfur.
400
Explain erosion/weathering. (I am looking for 3 specific aspects of the definition)
What is 1. the never-stopping force 2. that changes the shape of the earth 3. over long periods of time.
400
What is the name of the scale that determines hardness?
What is the Mohs Scale.
400
What does metamorphic mean?
What is to change in shape or form, usually by heat, pressure and chemicals.
400
How do arches form in rocks?
What is when softer rock get eroded underneath harder rock, carving out holes in the rocks.
400
What is the scientific term for salt?
What is sodium chloride?
500
What is the layer of the earth below the crust called?
What is mantle.
500
What test will help you find the color of a mineral?
What is streak test.
500
What is a fossil?
What is the remains or traces of past life preserved in rock.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!! What are some shapes a crystal can come in? (at least 2 are required to get the points)
What are cubic, monoclinic, and hexagonal.
500
Name at least two types of sedimentary rock.
What are limestone, shale, chalk, and sandstone.
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