Minerals
Properties of Minerals
Rocks
I,S,M
Rocks and Minerals
Rock Cycle
100
True or False: Rocks are made up of minerals.
True
100
What is the softest mineral and the hardest mineral.
Softest - Talc (#1)
Hardest - Diamond (#10)
100
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral.
Rocks have two or more materials and minerals have one material. Rocks are made from minerals.
100
Rocks formed from melting and cooling.
What is Igneous Rocks?
100
When sediment is dropped off in a different location
What is deposition?
100
The process by which rocks can transform into different rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
200
A scale that tests the hardness of a mineral by scratching other materials
What is Mohs Hardness Scale?
200
What does a streak test do?
Bonus - How do you complete a streak test?
What is tell me the color of the mineral in powder form?
Bonus - Scratch a mineral on a streak plate and see the color of the powder left behind.
200
How are rocks classified?
Rocks are classified by how they were formed.
200
A rock where smaller pieces of rock combine
What is sedimentary?
200
Diamond has a hardness of 10, a waxy luster, is pale blue in color, and streaks white. Using this information, why are diamonds widely used in the construction industry?
B) A diamond's hardness makes it a good tool to cut other materials.
200
These processes (two words)break rocks into smaller pieces and move them from one place to another.
Bonus - Explain why theses words go TOGETHER, but why they are DIFFERENT!
What is weathering and erosion?
Bonus - Both process often happen together. Weathering is breaking down into smaller pieces, but erosion is the movement.
300
How light reflects or interacts with the surface of a mineral.
What is Luster?
300
Which way is the least useful when identifying a mineral.
Bonus - Tell me why.
What is by its color?
What is one mineral can come in many colors?
300
Granite is an igneous rock. It is formed by what processes.
What is melting (molten magma) and cooling?
300
Rocks formed after undergoing extreme heat and pressure.
What is Metamorphic Rock?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This is a naturally occurring, solid, that is non-living, mostly of one substance, and has a crystal structure.
What is a Mineral?
300
Can arrows go across the circle in the rock cycle.
Yes, all rocks can be cycles into other forms of rocks.
400
Two minerals are the same hardness, color, and luster. What other test can be done to help identify the minerals?
BONUS - What does this test tell you?
What is do a streak test?
Bonus - The color of the mineral in powder form.
400
The two ways a mineral looks when it breaks apart.
Bonus - Describe how they are different.
What is cleavage and fracture?
Bonus - Cleavage when breaks apart in thin, flat sheets. Fracture when breaks in an irregular way.
400
When a rock is weathered, eroded, deposited, compacted, and cemented, which type of rock is formed?
Sedimentary
400
When magma has taken a LONG time to cool below Earth's surface and contains LARGE crystal structure, What main type of rock is formed?
Bonus - What KIND of rocked based on WHERE it was formed?
What is igneous rock?
Bonus - Intrusive Igneous Rock?
400
A student found a rock in the desert that was mixed with clay, gravel, and sand. What type of rock did the student find?
A. Sedimentary
B. Igneous
C. Metamorphic
D. Rock Cycle
A) Sedimentary
400
Name the FIVE parts that make a sedimentary rock.
1. Weathering
2. Erosion
3. Deposition
4. Compaction
5. Cementation
500
What are the 5 rules that a mineral is a mineral.
What is naturally occurring, solid, formed from inorganic processes, crystal structure, and definite chemical composition?
500
Tell me all 7 mineral properties that we learned.
1.Hardness
2. Color
3. Luster
4. Streak
5. Crystal Structure
6. Cleavage
7. Fracture
500
When heat and pressure are applied to any rock, it forms what type of rock?
Bonus - What is one way that you can identify this kind of rock
What is metamorphic rock?
Bonus - Foliation Lines
500
When lava has taken a SHORT time to at Earth's surface and contains SMALL or NO crystal structure, What main type of rock is formed?
Bonus - What KIND of rocked based on WHERE it was formed?
What is Igneous Rock?
Bonus - Extrusive Igneous Rock?
500
Mount Etna in Italy is the largest active volcano in Europe. The Italians that live near Mount Etna use rocks to make stairs and buildings. What type of rock are they using?
Igneous Rock
500
Come to the board and draw the rock cycle. Your diagram must include all three rock types and show at least four processes (such as melting, cooling, weathering & erosion, compaction & cementation, or heat & pressure).
Bonus - Can a team mate make it better?!
