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3 Types of Rocks
Minerals
Properties
Vocabulary
Layers of the Earth
100
Which rocks are formed from heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
100

Minerals are pure substances. True or false?

True 

100
Johnny sorted his rocks into a group of gray rocks, black rocks and white rocks. Which property did he look at?
Color
100
Scientists use _____________ to classify rocks.
Properties
100
The outer most layer of the Earth is called the ______?
crust
200

When particles called sediment cement together, what type of rock is formed?

Sedimentary

200

Rock are made up of one or more ________.

Mineral(s)

200

When scraping a rock on a tile, you can determine its ________.

Streak 

200
Bits of rocky material that settle at the bottom of the ocean are called _________?
Sediments
200

This layer of the Earth is a solid rock because of all the pressure. 

Inner Core

300
Which rocks form in layers?
Sedimentary
300
Which mineral is the hardest?
Diamond
300

A scientist is looking at a rocks __________ when determining if it looks metallic or non metallic. 

Luster

300

This rock's name means "from fire".

Igneous

300

This layer is made of hot liquid lava and is the cause of Earth's magnetic field.

Outer Core

400
Which rock is formed when magma or lava cools and hardens?
Igneous
400
Tell one property used to classify minerals.
Color, streak, texture, hardness, luster
400
Scratching a rock with your fingernail can show the rock's ___________.
Hardness
400

The color of a mineral as a powder is called its ________?

Streak

400
This is the thinnest layer of the Earth.
Crust
500
Which rock is formed from fossils or plant and animal remains?
Sedimentary
500

This mineral is a conductor of electricity and is found in wires. 

Copper 

500

List the five properties of rocks that we have learned in class.

Color, hardness, streak, luster, breakage.

500
This is the scale we use to determine the hardness of a rock.
Moh's Hardness Scale
500

This is the thickest layer of Earth and is made of both solid rock and molten (melted, flowing) rock.

Mantle