Molten rock in the earth's mantle.
What is magma?
Fiery rock that forms when magma cools.
What is igneous rock?
The rarest gemstone.
What is ruby?
The best conductor of electricity.
What is silver?
Oil in its natural state.
What is crude oil? or What is petroleum?
Solid, unmovable layer of rock below the subsoil.
What is bedrock?
The hardest substance of all.
What is a diamond?
A person who studies minerals.
What is a mineralogist?
The most useful metal.
What is iron?
An underground spring that shoots streams of boiling water and steam up from the ground.
What is a geyser?
Decaying plant and animal material.
What is humus.
A very durable artificial rock.
What is concrete?
A slippery or greasy mineral that is used in pencils.
What is graphite?
The only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
A person who explores caves.
What is a spelunker?
Chemical and Physical
What are the two types of weathering?
A rock that smells like mud when it is wet.
What is shale?
A rocklike object that looks like a mud ball on the outside and a crystal on the inside.
What is a geode?
A soft, yellow metal that can be hammered into thin sheets.
What is gold?
Plant and animal remains that have turned to stone.
What are petrified fossils?
Any material found in God's creation which is helpful to man.
What is a Natural Resource?
A metamorphic rock used in roofing and for students to write on.
What is slate?
A special kind of solid mineral with flat surfaces, sharp edges and a definite shape.
What is a crystal?
A lightweight, rustproof, silvery-colored, non-magnetic metal.
What is aluminum?
Scientists who study fossils.
What are paleontologists?