Is it a mineral or Nah?
Identify the Mineral!
Science Rocks!
Issa Cycle
Big Ideas, Small Classroom
100
The 4 requirements for an object to be a mineral
What is Solid, Naturally Occurring, Inorganic, and Crystals? (SNIC)
100
The shininess or way a mineral reflects light...
What is luster?
100
When lava cools, this creates which kind of igneous rock?
What is an extrusive rock?
100
The continuous process of making rocks is called...
What is the rock cycle?
100
The word we studied that is within the word Sedimentary
+ 50 points if you can say why that word is important
What is sediment?
Sediment(pieces of rock, pebbles, etc.) is what makes up sedimentary rocks
200
Is it a mineral or nah?
What is kind of?
(+200 if you explain how it's both)
200
This test is the MOST useful way to identify a mineral...
What is the hardness test?
200
An igneous rock has huge crystals, what kind of igneous rock is it?
(+ 200 if you can explain why)
What is an intrusive rock?
The longer the cooling time, the bigger the crystals
200
Look at the board...
Letter E
What is compaction and cementation?
200
The way rocks get inside of Earth in order to recreate rocks...
Daily Double (worth 400 points)
What are earthquakes, tectonic plates shifting, mid-ocean ridge and volcanic activity?
300
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Is it a mineral or nah?
What is a mineral?
300
When testing for a minerals power color, we use this...
What is a streak plate?
300
The type of rock pictured...
(Bonus points: + 100 if you can explain how you know)
What is Sedimentary?
(Bonus: You can see the various pieces of sediment)
300
Look at the board...
Letter D
(+ 200 if you define them)
What is Weathering and Erosion?
W; the breakdown of rocks E; the removal of rocks
300
The rock cycle is considered a cycle because...
What is rocks are continuously made and remade over and over again?
400
+ 100 points if you can tell why
What is nah?
Not inorganic
No crystals
400
A mineral an be scratched by glass but not a streak plate(7), what mineral is it?
What is Feldspar?
400
A Gneiss, a Metamorphic Rock, has nice stripes, this rock is considered to be...
What is foliated?
400
Look at the board...
Letter C represents...
(Bonus pts: Explain where these things come from,+200)
What is heat and pressure?
400
Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks are similar, why?
What is because they both involve transformation or changing from one thing to another?
500
Mr. Clarke made a slimy object that seemed to had crystalline patterns. Is it a mineral or nah?
+100 if you can state why or why not
What is nah?
Not naturally occurring(Mr. Clarke made it)
Not a solid(slimy)
500
A mineral can be scratched by Fluorite but not a steel file, what mineral could it be?
What is Apatite or Feldspar?
500
When a Sedimentary Rock like Sandstone forms with beautiful layers, it's considered "foliated"
True or False?
(+ 100 Bonus points for explaining why or why not)
What is false?
(Bonus: It's called stratification or "stratified")
500
In order to turn sedimentary rocks like conglomerate and sandstone into igneous rocks, this is required...
What is melting and then cooling?
(must be in this order)
500
The way rocks are classified...
What is based on how they are formed by earth?