Vocabulary
What is the difference between renewable and nonreneable resources?
What does the Mohs Hardness scale do?
It tells you the hardness of a rock.
What rock is formed when sediments are cemented together?
Sedimentary rock
What is the sand at the beach made of?
Broken down rock and glass.
Any non-living solid with a crystal form is called?
Mineral
At one time, limestone quarried in Florida was used to build large, important, buildings. Today, most of the limestone mined in Florida is used in road construction/ What type of resource is limestone?
nonrenewable
What is the name of the scale that says how hard a rock is?
Mohs Hardness Scale
What is the relationship between rocks and minerals?
Rocks are made up of one or more minerals
Elements in nature such as rock and ice affect one another. When water gets into a rock and freezes, what happens to the rock?
The rock starts to break.
Igneous Rock
Wind power is an energy source that causes very little pollution. Large modern wind turbines are turned by the wind produce electricity. What type of resource is wind power?
renewable
Minerals are identified and sorted by different characteristics. Luster is one of those characteristics. What is luster?
The way light reflects from its surface.
Igneous Rock
Dust bowl, landslide, moraine, sand dune
Landslide
A rock that forms when heat or pressure changes an existing rock is called a(n)?
Metamorphic Rock
Making buildings
A mineral that breaks along straight, smooth lines, is said to have what?
Cleavage
What natural forces causes rock to change into metamorphic rock?
Pressure from above and heat from magma
How was the Grand Canyon formed?
A river ran through the land for millions of years creating the Grand Canyon we know today.
A landslide quickly erodes sediment on a steep hill. When the landslide reaches the bottom of the hill, it slows down and finally comes to rest. The sediment leaves are called?
Deposition
Lila is looking at a map that shows where Florida's major resources are located. What resource is she most likely to see.
Phosphate
The hardness of a nail is 5.5. The hardness of quartz is 7. If a mineral can scratch a nail, but cannot scratch quartz, what is its hardness?
6 (will accept anything 5.6-6.9)
Mr. DeMare has two tattoos of different rock bands, what is at least one band?
Manchester Orchestra and The Neighbourhood.
Weathering is one of the forces that drives the rock cycle. What is one result of weathering?
Increase in the amount of soil.