Minerals
Rocks
Rock Properties
Best Answer
Uses of Rocks
100
This minearl is white and has a hardness of 3 on the Moh's hardness scale. A penny can scratch it.
What is clacite?
100
Ingredients called minerals.
What is a rock made of?
100
Something you can observe, such as size, color, shape, or texture.
What is a property?
100
Tests for the presence of Calcite.
What is the vinegar test?
100
This mineral is used in building roads.
What is Basalt?
200
An ingredient of a rock that cannot be broken down any further.
What is mineral?
200
The study of Earth's history.
What is geology?
200
3 observations you could make about the size of a rock.
What is depth, diameter, and circumference?
200
A mixture of different minerals.
What is a rock?
200
This mineral is used for tiles in showers and kitchens.
What is Marble?
300
When substances mix with water, they break down into such small pieces that they seem to disappear into the water.
What is dissolve?
300
A person who studies the Earth and the materials of which it's made.
What is a geologist?
300
Tools used to find the hardness of a rock.
What is a fingernail, a penny, and a paperclip?
300
When water rises to the air.
What is evaporation?
300
This mineral is used in patio walks, chalkboards, and roofs.
What is Slate?
400
This mineral reacts to vinegar.
What is calcite?
400
Sand is put in a container with vinegar and begins to bubble.
What is a reaction to calcite?
400
Ways to describe the luster of a rock.
What is metallic, dull, and pearly.
400
You find a rock near the street by school and you examine some properties to help you figure this rock out.
What is color, size, and texture.
400
This mineral is used in scrubbing, scouring, and polishing.
What is Pumice?
500
The minerals quartz, calcite, and gypsum in order of hardness.
What are gypsum, calcite, and quartz.
500
This rock's properties are it reflects white light and has sharp edges. .
What is both pearly and rough?
500
Way to compare hardness using this scale.
What is Moh's harness scale?
500
A good way to tell the hardness of a material.
What is scrape it with a nail.
500
This mineral is used in making glass, electrical components, and optical lenses.
What is Quartz?
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