Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
Properties of Minerals
(Review)
Challenge
Rockin' out
100
This can cool and harden and form igneous rock.
What is magma or lava?
100
These are little tiny broken pieces of rocks, animal and plant remains eventually form rocks
What are sediments?
100
The way light reflects off of a mineral.
What is luster?
100
Name the three types of rock groups.
What is Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic?
100
Which kind of rocks have colored bands
Metamorphic rock
200
Give an example of igneous rock
What is Granite
200
These are two ways that sediments are formed.
What is weathering and erosion?
200
I am a solid, nonliving substance found in nature
What is a Mineral
200
A landform that helps to create igneous rock
What is a volcano
200
Name two ways people use rocks.
What is buildings, walls, roads, jewelry, decoration, countertops?
300
An igneous rock with small grains has _____ texture?
What is fine texture
300
These 2 things cause metamorphic rocks to form.
What are heat and pressure?
300
Another way to identify minerals; it leaves the color of the powder behind when rubbed against a rough white tile.
What is streak?
300
What causes the temperature at the center of the earth to be high
What is magma
300
What rock has or creates fossils of plants or animals over a period of time?
What is sedimentary rock?
400
An igneous rock with large grains has _____ texture?
What is course texture
400
A hard object made of minerals
What is a rock
400
Minerals are the building blocks for
What are rocks
400
For an Igneous rock to become a sedimentary rock, what needs to happen?
What is weathering, erosion, compaction, and cementation?
400
The hardest mineral.
What is a diamond?
500
This determines the size of crystals that form in igneous rocks.
What is the cooling rate of the magma or lava?
500
What is the texture of sedimentary rock?
What is how the sedimentary rock looks and feels
500
You can see this property just by looking at a mineral. Many minerals can be several of these.
What is color?
500
Name a Scientist who studies rocks?
What is Geologist?
500
The 4 ways to test the properties of a mineral.
What is luster, streak, hardness, and color
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