Minerals 1
Minerals 2
Rocks 1
Rocks 2
Fossils
100
The scale used to identify minerals based on their hardness
What is Mohs scale
100
Mohs scale was developed by
Who is Friedrich Moh
100
A natural solid made up of one or more minerals
What is a rock
100
Form when heat and pressure cause a change in the rocks composition
What is metamorphic rock
100
A trace or the remains of a living thing that died a long time ago
What is a fossil
200
The color of a mineral in powdered form, left behind when a mineral is rubbed against a white tile
What is streak
200
Ability to resist scratching
What is Hardness
200
The continuous process in which one type of rock changes into another type
What is the rock cycle
200
The process of rocks changing from one kind of rock to another is called
What is the rock cycle
200
Others fossils, such as dinosaur tracks in mud, are only marks left behind. These marks are called
What is an imprint
300
A person who studies minerals
Who is a mineralogist
300
The feel of a minerals surface is known as
What is texture
300
Rock that forms from magma
What is Igneous rock
300
Formed from loose material called sediments
What is sedimentary rock
300
Few fossils form in these types of rocks
What is igneous and metamorphic
400
A solid, formed in nature that has never been alive
What is a mineral
400
The hardest mineral
What is a diamond
400
When igneous rock reaches the surface
What is extrusive
400
Rocks are made up of one or more
What is a mineral
400
Places that are better for fossil hunting have a lot of these types of rocks
What is sedimentary
500
The pencils you write with have this mineral in them
What is a graphite
500
The salt on your potato chips comes from what mineral
What is halite
500
When igneous rock does not rise all the way to earths surface
What is intrusive
500
Mount Rushmore is made up of mostly what type of rocks
What is igneous and sedimentary
500
Scientist today use fossils to learn about ____ and _____ that no longer exist
What are plants and animals
M
e
n
u