Rocks
Minerals
Field Tests
Vocabulary
Ms. Leake
100
This rock forms when melted rock from inside Earth cools and hardens.
What is Igneous Rock.
100
Define what a mineral is.
What is a material that is found in nature and has never been alive.
100
What field test did you do to find out the color of the minerals?
What is Streak Test.
100
Define Soil from definition in book.
What is the loose material that covers much of Earth's surface.
100
How many dogs do I have?
What is 2
200
This rock forms when sediment, or sand and small bits of stone are cemented, or, glued together.
What is Sedimentary Rock.
200
This mineral smells like a rotten egg, what is it?
What is Sulfur.
200
What 4 words did you use to describe the luster of minerals?
What is metallic, glassy, waxy, and dull.
200
What are the five causes of weathering?
What is water, wind, ice, plant roots and gravity.
200
I love to spray this around the room!
What is Scentsy/Smell Good
300
Define how a Metamorphic rock forms.
What is changed by heat and pressure.
300
This mineral was used in Russia before glass was easily available, it is a shiny, silvery-white mineral with many thin sheets.
What is Muscovite.
300
When performing the Hardness test what two objects did you use to scratch the minerals?
What is a penny and a nail.
300
The process of carrying weathered rock from one place to another is called what?
What is Erosion.
300
What state am I from?
What is Kansas.
400
Sandstone, Conglomerate and Gypsum are a type of this rock.
What is Sedimentary Rock.
400
This mineral is shiny and very soft. It contains lead and is also a poison.
What is Galena.
400
How many minerals have you been studying?
What is 12.
400
The remains of a once-living plant or animal is called what?
What is a fossil.
400
I always have to have this to drink in the morning.
What is Coffee/Tea
500
List 3 types of Metamorphic Rock.
What is slate, quartzite, schist, and gneiss.
500
How do we use minerals today?
Metal in the eyeglasses we wear, zinc in sunscreen, aluminum, talc in powder, quartz in glass on our watches.......
500
List the 4 field tests we have done so far!
What is a streak test, luster test, light test and hardness test.
500
What causes an Earthquake according to your book?
What is a sudden movement of large sections of rock beneath Earth's surface.
500
I do not like it when you repeat something over and over. I call it....
What is Echoing.
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