Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Minerals
Environmental Costs
100
What cools and hardens to create igneous rocks?
What is lava or magma
100
Name two things that create sedimentary rocks
What is dead plants, shells, leaves, other rocks etc.
100
Metamorphic rocks start out as what type of rocks
What is igneous or sedimentary
100
What is the hardest mineral?
What is a diamond
100
How do we find rocks and minerals?
What is mining
200
Are there fossils in igneous rocks?
What is no
200
Where are sedimentary rocks formed
What is on the bottom of rivers, lakes and oceans
200
What two things create metamorphic rocks
What is heat and pressure
200
Minerals are made up of what?
What are elements
200
What is safer open-pit mining or underground mining? why?
What is open -pit mining because you can't get trapped
300
Do igneous rocks have layers?
What is no
300
What are all the tiny pieces called that make up sedimentary rocks?
What is sediments
300
Are minerals made up of materials that have been living?
What is no
300
What one negative things that happens to the land after the mining is done?
What is abandoned, leaving animals with no homes and no trees planted
400
Are Pumice, Basalt and Granite igneous rocks?
What is yes
400
Can fossils be found in sedimentary rocks?
What is yes
400
Marble, Slate and Gneiss are metamorphic rocks?
What is yes
400
How do we identify minerals? Name 3 ways
What is Colour, streak, lustre, hardness, transparency, magnetism
400
What one positive things that happens to the land after the mining is done?
What is replanting trees, turning it into a recreational swimming hole.
500
How are igneous rocks formed?
They form slowly when hot lava/magma cools and hardens.
500
How are sedimentary rocks formed
over time layers of materials are squeezed together at the bottom of lakes and rivers forming solid rocks
500
How are metamorphic rocks formed
When sedimentary or igneous rocks are heated or squeezed they change to form metamorphic rocks
500
What words can we use to describe the lustre of a mineral
What is metallic, non-metallic. Sparkly, glassy, greasy, waxy, pearly, silky, earthy
500
What do we use rocks and minerals for?
What is bricks, building, furniture, cement, jewelry etc.
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