What is the study of earth material and who studies it?
A. Biology & Biologist
B. Archaeology & Archaeologist
C. Geology & Geologist
D. Chemistry & Chemist
C. Geology & Geologist
100
What is an earth material made of minerals?
A. Mineral
B. Crystal
C. Glass
D. Rock
D. Rock
100
What is the solid form of a material that can be identified by its special shape?
A. Rock
B. Mineral
C. Crystal
D. Geologist Pick
C. Crystal
100
What is an earth material made only of itself?
A. Crystal
B. Rock
C. Mineral
D. Acid
C. Mineral
100
What is a liquid that reacts with certain materials?
A. Chemicals
B. Vinegar Only
C. Water
D. Acid
D. Acid
200
What is a substance that makes up or comes from the earth?
A. Earth material
B. Minerals
C. Rocks
D. Properities
A. Earth material
200
What is an earth material made only of itself?
A. Rock
B. Crystal
C. Mineral
D. Glass
C. Mineral
200
What does it mean to dry up?
A. Evaporate
B. Liquidate
C. Chap
D. Dehydrate
A. Evaporate
200
What is a mineral property determined by which special tools can scratch a mineral?
A. Luster
B. Ability to Evaporate
C. Ability to Dissolve
D. Hardness
D. Hardness
200
What property does calcite have that makes it different from all other materials?
It fizzes and bubbles when it comes in contact with an acid. (Ex: vinegar).
300
What is something you can observe about an object?
A. Circumference
B. Diameter
C. Color
D. Property
D. Property
300
What does it mean to disappear in a liquid?
A. Evaporate
B. Fade Away
C. Mixture
D. Dissolve
D. Dissolve
300
What could you do to find out if there are minerals dissolved in water?
Let the water evaporate. The mineral would separate from the water and be left behind.
300
What is the way light interacts with the surface of a mineral (Ex: dull, pearly, metallic, glassy)?
A. Reflection
B. Luster
C. Refraction
D. Glimmer Effect
B. Luster
300
How could you find out if calcite is a mineral in a rock?
Put the rock in an acid, like vinegar, and look to see if it fizzes and bubbles.
400
What is a measurement of the distance around a round object?
A. Circumference
B. Diameter
C. Area
D. Perimeter
A. Circumference
400
Why do geologists make observations about rock properties?
To help identify different rocks.
400
What might happen if we mixed earth material from a rock in water?
Some of the minerals might dissolve in the water and some might settle to the bottom of the container.
400
Why do geologists do a scratch test?
To help identify rocks and minerals.
400
What property are geologists focusing on when they do the scratch test?
Hardness
500
What is a measurement of the distance across a round object?
A. Circumference
B. Area
C. Perimeter
D. Diameter
D. Diameter
500
Name the four properties used in class to describe rocks.
1. Color
2. Size
3. Shape
4. Texture
500
What would a geologist use to break apart rock in order to observe the minerals inside?
A geologist pick
500
What are the 3 tools we used to test for hardness?