They're minerals Marie!
Born From Fire
Pieces of Other Rocks
Rocks Going Through Changes
From The ESRT
Bonus
100
____________ is a basic material that makes up the earth's crust.
What is a Mineral?
100
The cooling rate of molten rock solidification determines the size of what?
What is the size of crystals?
100
What are the 3 types of sedimentary rocks that are based on how they are formed?
What is Clastic, Crystalline, and Bioclastic?
100
What is foliation?
What are crystals arranged in layers or bands.
100
What process does a rock have to undergo in order to become a metamorphic rock?
What is heat and pressure?
100
What type of rock is this?
What is The Rock?
200
Ice can be classified as a mineral, but not always. Explain why Ice is sometimes classified as a mineral.
When it is formed naturally?
200
Obsidian, pumice, basalt, and rhyolite are examples of what type of igneous rocks?
What is Extrusive?
200
What sedimentary rock do we humans mine for use in food?
What is rock salt?
200
What specific rock would you find at location B?
What is Marble?
200
What rock can only be formed via contact metamorphism?
What is Hornfels?
200
What always beats scissors?
What is Rock?
300
What are the two main properties we use to classify minerals?
What is Physical and Chemical?
300
What is the name of this rock?
What is Scoria?
300
Sedimentary rocks can be clastic, meaning they are made up of particles (grains) of other rocks. What does the shape of the grains indicate in reference to how they were formed?
The shape of the grains depends on the length of time and distance they were transported.
300
What is the name of this rock AND how do you spell it's name?
What is Gneiss?
300
What are all of the mafic igneous rocks listed on the ESRT?
Basaltic glass, scoria, vesicular basalt, basalt, diabase, and gabbro.
300
In the 2008 series "Breaking Bad," this character tells his wife Marie: "They're not rocks Marie, they're minerals!
Who is Hank Schrader?
400
List the 5 characteristics of a mineral
Naturally occurring
Inorganic
Solid
Fixed chemical compositions
Orderly internal arrangement of atoms
400
Why do we have lava at the surface of the Earth?
What is differences in density?
400
What does limestone and this dark colored rock have in common?
What is bioclastic?
400
Acceptable answers: Foliated, mineral alignment, or flattened crystals.
400
What is a mineral that is commonly used in furnace bricks?
What is Olivine?
400
How do you spell Mr. B's last name?
Bastien
500
What is the New York State gemstone?
What is Garnet?
500
What is an example of a Felsic rock that has crystals that are consistently 12mm in size?
What is a Pegmatite?
500
How do we classify clastic sedimentary rocks?
What is by the size of the particles?
500
An easily identifiable feature of metamorphic rocks is their foliation. The size of crystals become larger as a rock undergoes increasing heat and pressure. Why does the rock below get it's distinct banding?
What is segregation of minerals based on density differences?
500
How would one turn an Igneous rock into a Sedimentary rock?
What is deposition and burial followed by compaction and/or cementation?
500
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks are usually composed of _______?
What are minerals?