Rocks and Minerals
Fossils
Adaptations
Thermal Energy
Magnets
100
This mineral is used to make salt.
What is halite?
100
Dinosaur footprints are this type of fossil.
What is a trace fossil?
100
This animal's adaptations include strong wings, great eyesight, and sharp claws.
What is an eagle?
100
You are cooking a hotdog at the campfire. Thermal energy is produced by __________.
What is burning?
100
Van tests a plastic spoon, a safety pin, and a coin. This one would be attracted by a magnet.
What is a safety pin?
200
This type of rock is made by the hardening of melted rock, often formed near volcanoes.
What are igneous rocks?
200
All dinosaur bone fossils are made of this material.
What is stone or rock?
200
True/False? All magnets have a north and South Pole.
What is true?
300
This word refers to the shiny quality of a rock or mineral.
What is luster?
300
The kind of rocks were almost all fossils are found.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
Vines climb up around trees to get more of this.
What is sunlight?
300
Scientists use this scale on a thermometer.
What is Celsius?
300
This is why magnets stick to refrigerators.
What is there is metal in the refrigerator?
400
This mineral is used to make glass. It is also the state mineral of Georgia!
What is quartz?
400
Wood can turn into a fossil. This wood is called _________.
What is petrified?
400
This adaptation helps trees grow tall.
What is wood?
400
Name a material that a cup could be made of to insulate your hands from hot coffee.
What is foam?
400
Dan's magnet picked up six paper clips. Ron's magnet was stronger and picked up twice as many paper clips. This is how many Ron picked up.
What is 12?
500
This scale is used to measure the hardness of a mineral. For example, diamond is the hardest at 10.
What is Moh's Scale?
500
Some insects were trapped in tree sap that became hardened. This yellow material is called _________.
What is amber?
500
This behavior is an adaptation of bears, bats, chipmunks, and gray whales.
What is hibernation?
500
This material makes the best conductor.
What is metal?
500
People may use one of these if the power goes out during or after a big storm.
What is a generator?
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