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Forces on Earth
Minerals
Testing minerals
Rock Cycle
Random facts
100
The process of rock breaking apart due to forces of nature.
Weathering
100
Fill in the blank A mineral is any nonliving solid that has a _______ form
Crystal
100
What are you doing if you are testing the luster of a mineral?
Looking at it
100
What type of rock looks like it has layers?
Sedimentary rock
100
Which mineral is the hardest?
Diamond
200
Name 5 of the 7 forces that may cause weathering?
Wind, gravity, ice, water, roots, animals, chemicals
200
What are the three words used to describe luster?
earthy, metallic, and glassy
200
What is one test that we performed on our mineral kits to classify the mineral?
Streak, hardness, and luster
200
What type of rock is formed from heat and extreme pressure?
metamorphic rock
200
Which mineral is the softest?
talc
300
What caused the Grand Canyon?
Moving water, river
300
What are minerals made out of?
Elements
300
What is one test that we say done in the video that we DID NOT do in class. This was a great way to classify a mineral.
The burn test. Different minerals emit different color light when burned.
300
Which type of rock is formed when magma cools and hardens?
Igneous rock
300
What are rocks and minerals used for in our life?
building material, toothpaste, statues, and other various answers
400
Which would erode larger sediments. A. A pond B. A large river C. A waterfall
C. A waterfall
400
How many minerals have been discovered?
Over 4,700
400
How many types of minerals are there?
Over 4700
400
Name all three types of rocks.
sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous
500
Name all of the seven forces that can cause weathering.
water, gravity, ice, wind, animals, roots, chemicals
500
Name the four tests a scientist could do to classify a mineral.
hardness, streak, luster, break
500
What is the Mohr's scale? Which test are you performing when you use the Mohr's scale?
It is a scale that rates the HARDNESS of a mineral. It is a scale of 1-10. Talc is a 1 and a diamond is a 10.
500
Do all the motions we learned for each type of rock.
You rock!!
500
How is a sedimentary rock (layers) formed?
erosion and deposition