Rocks
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
What is a body fossil?
The two types of mining.
What is surface and underground?
The mineral in our pencils.
What is graphite?
Spell the name of the scale we use to measure hardness.
MOHS
Type of rock formed from heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic?
This is the process of something becoming a fossil over a long period of time.
What is fossilization?
Sudbury is known for mining this mineral.
What is nickel?
This tool can help us measure whether the hardness of a rock is above 5 or below 5.
What is a paper clip?
Spell the property tells us how shiny a mineral is.
LUSTRE
The outer layer of our Earth.
What is the crust?
A fossil that shows a footprint or track.
The cause of Sudbury looking like a moonscape.
What is acid rain?
This mineral is used in glass, such as windows.
What is quartz?
Spell the name of the rock made from cooled lava or magma.
IGNEOUS
This mineral is used to season our food.
What is salt?
The way to decide which of two fossils is older.
The fixing and restoring of land after mining.
What is reclamation?
Another name for blood diamond.
What is a conflict diamond?
Spell the name of a rock formed from many layers of rock.
SEDIMENTARY
This rock often has crystals?
What is igneous?
The act of digging up fossils from the ground.
What is excavation?
Quarrying is this type of mining.
What is surface mining?
The name of the gold rush that made Dawson City so popular at the time.
What is the Klondike Gold Rush?
Spell the name of a scientist who studies fossils.
PALEONTOLOGIST