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Rocks
Minerals
Types of Rocks
Types of Minerals
Miscellaneous
100
composed of more than one mineral
What is a rock
100
The most common mineral on earth, this mineral makes up 65% of out body
What is water
100
melted rock often found around volcanoes
What is magma
100
The softest mineral
What is talc
100
The three things needed to change a rock
What is heat, time and pressure
200
This is what all rocks are made of
What is a mineral
200
This is how a mineral is different than a rock
What is made of only one substance
200
This type of rock changed from its original form into something different
What is metamorphic
200
The amount of minerals on earth
What is 2000
200
Basalt is a this type of rock because it comes from magma
What is igneous
300
This is how long it takes for a rock to change
What is millions of years
300
This type of rock may contain skeletons of dead marine animals and is made by layers of sediment settling.
What is sedimentary
300
This a is a very hard mineral
What is diamond or quartz
300
shale is this type of rock because it is mud that has been squeezed into rock
What is sedimentary
400
This is one way people use rocks
What is building a road
400
One is NOT a mineral : diamond, sandstone
What is sandstone
400
This type of rock is formed when magma cools either slowly underground or quickly on the surface.
What is igneous
400
A non-living solid
What is a mineral
400
Marble is a rock that was once limestone. Marble is this type of rock
What is metamorphic
500
We can classify rocks in many different ways. Name two
What is colour, size, shape, lustre, texure
500
The amount of types of rocks
What is 3
500
This is a way a mineral can be used
What is jewellery
500
An example of sedimentary rock
What is limestone, sandstone, shale