Rocks and minerals can be identified by properties, such as what properties. What are the five properties?
What is ........ Color, Luster, Hardness, Streak Color and Cleavage
Why is coal a nonrenewable resource?
It takes millions of years to form.
Florida supplies about 75% of one of the ingredients found in fertilizers used in this country. What is the ingredient?
phosphate
This type of rock is formed by layers of fossils? What type of rock am I?
What is ..... Sedimentary
Name three types of erosion:
What is .... Water Erosion Ice Erosion Wind Erosion
Which process is responsible for the breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition?
Weathering
Which Florida resource was used to build the courthouse?
Limestone
water can pick up and move sediments this is an example of _______________erosion?
What is ......water
What type of rock is formed by lava then cools and hardens?
What is .........Igneous Rock
One of Florida's most abundant resources can be collected and turned into electricity for homes and businesses. What is it?
Solar energy
Bethany and Ian are each given a sample of the mineral quartz and asked to compare their samples. Bethany is given a sample of smoky quartz, and Ian is given a sample of rose quartz. Which property is least likely to be the same for the two samples?
What is ........color
What type of rock is formed from heat and pressure changes in rocks?
What is ......Metamorphic Rock
Surish's town is located by a large river. There is a dam on the river and a power plant nearby. The power plant uses the energy of the rushing water to generate electricity. Which type of natural resource is being used?
Hydroelectric Energy
Florida supplies about 75% of one of the ingredients found in fertilizers used in this country. What is the ingredient?
What is .......Phosphate
A scientist finds a rock sample and wants to test its cleavage. Which action should the scientist do to test the cleavage?
Break the rock to see what shape the pieces make.
If you use natural gas, what type of resource are you using?
What is the resource silicon used for?