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Fun Facts
100
A material that makes up rocks.
What is a mineral?
100
Solid material made up of one or more minerals.
What is a rock?
100
A mold or imprint of living things that died long ago.
What is a fossil?
100
Name two minerals we talked about in class.
What are graphite, hemitite, gold, silver, and diamond?
100
Most igneous rock come from this type of landform.
What is a volcano?
200
The process of changing rock types
What is a rock cycle?
200
Rock that was once melted but has cooled and hardened.
What is igneous?
200
Fossils are usually found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
200
This type of mineral is used to make pencil lead.
What is graphite?
200
Name the stone that floats.
What is pumice?
300
Name the three types of rocks.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
300
The first type of rock on Earth.
What is igneous?
300
Scientists can tell what a dinosaur ate by looking at this body part. Be specific.
What is their teeth?
300
Name one way that rocks can be used by people.
What is building materials, computer chips, and jewelry?
300
The number of days of a regular rock cycle.
What is a rock cycle never ends?
400
The process by which rocks can be broken down into smaller pieces.
What is weather?
400
Materials that have settled into layers and harden into rocks.
What are sedimentary rocks?
400
Name the woman who found the fossil of an ichthyosaur.
Who is Mary Anning?
400
Name the rock formation that has crystals inside of it.
What is a geode?
400
Name the type of scientist who studies rocks and land formations.
What is a geologist?
500
The movement of weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
What is erosion?
500
Rock that has been changed by heat and pressure.
What are metamorphic rocks?
500
When the living thing has decomposed, it leaves behind this type of fossil. (Think about how the fossil gets its shape.)
What is a mold?
500
Name the hot, molten material that cools into igneous rock.
What is magma?
500
Marble is this type of rock.
What is metamorphic rock?