Name that Mineral
A carbon-based mineral that has a high value for its hardness and unique visual appearance
Diamonds
This version of a song originally recorded by The Arrows topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981, becoming a genre-defining anthem for Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
This animated movie captures the interaction between the mammals and the massive flowing ice of the most recent glacial period
Ice Age
A persistent body of dense ice that moves under its own weight
Glacier
Normal, reverse, strike-slip, and oblique are the four types of what things found in the Earth's crust?
Faults
Also known as rock salt, this mineral is commonly considered one of the safest to lick in any geo 101 course
Halite
This 1980 pop-rock and new wave crossover hit by Billy Joel serves as a sharp commentary on changing musical trends and industry cynicism.
It's Still Rock and Roll to me
In this movie, world governments cooperate to send an elementary school teacher to space.
Project Hail Mary
In geology, what eight-letter word means a deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta?
Alluvium
Mostly found shifting around under its water, what ocean is the namesake of Earth's largest tectonic plate?
Pacific Ocean
When this common sedimentary evaporite mineral is heated to around 100°C, it loses 75% of its water molecules to become calcium sulfate hemihydrate. It also comprises all material in New Mexico's White Sands National Park!
Gypsum
Driven by an explosive guitar riff, this 1984 hard-rock and heavy metal staple became the defining signature hit for the German band Scorpions.
Rock you like a Hurricane
The movie ‘Interstellar’ captures the digital rendition and time dilation which is the science behind this massive cosmic body known as
Black Hole
Earth's surface is made of a whole lot of things, but mainly this molecule
Crater Lake, Yellowstone, and California's Long Valley are all examples of what geological feature, which forms after a collapse of land following a volcanic eruption?
Caldera
This common mineral’s name might derive from a Slavic word for "hard," but it is famously defined as a 7 on the Mohs hardness scale and commonly found at Mount Apatite in Auburn.
This 1977 Queen stadium anthem relies almost entirely on body percussion, keeping time with a signature "stomp-stomp-clap" rhythm until its closing guitar solo
We Will Rock You
As seen in the movie 'Lord of The Rings', The weak, but highly active Mount Doom is known as this type of hazard
Volcano
A large piece of bedrock plucked by a glacier and transported some distance is known as
Glacial erratic
Location where an earthquake propagates from is known as...
Epicenter
Coming in a range of colors including black and green to blue and the famous multicolored "watermelon" variety. This mineral in famous for having been discovered in Maine and is now the Maine state mineral
Tourmaline
AC/DC delivered a high-voltage sermon celebrating the history and mythos of music in this title track from their 1977 studio album.
Let there be Rock
This Famous actor who starred in Jumanji, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and the most recent Fast and Furious movies, this ‘rock’ goes by what name
Dwayne 'the rock' Johnson
Process by which oxygen isotopes are fractionated during precipitation and evaporative events
Rayleigh Fractionation
What is the term for the rigid, outer shell of a planet or natural satellite? The crust and a portion of the upper mantle on Earth form this layer.
The Lithosphere