Layers of the Earth
The layer of the earth where we find most of our rocks and minerals.
What a rock feels like.
What is texture?
These rocks are formed from sediments that have been compressed together over a long period of time.
What is Sedimentary Rocks.
Nature or Humans - Construction of houses.
What is humans?
The most commonly found types of rock on the earth's crust.
What is an Igneous Rock.
The layer of the Earth that is liquid.
Outer core
Another word for classify.
What is sort?
These rocks are mostly found under water.
What is sedimentary rocks.
Nature or human - crabs hide under rocks on the beach for protection from predators.
What is nature?
What rocks are made up of.
Minerals.
The hottest part of the Earth's core.
What is the inner core.
This describes how a rock reflects light. Ie: metallic and non-metallic
What is lustre?
These rocks are formed when lava from a volcano cools on Earth's crust.
What is an Igneous Rock.
What is human?
The type of rock that takes the longest to make.
What is a Metamorphic rock.
The outermost layer of the Earth.
What is the crust?
This test identifies the true color of a rock or mineral.
What is a streak test.
These rocks are formed when an Igneous or Sedimentary rock get put under a lot of heat and pressure for a long period of time.
Nature or humans - Plants grow their roots around rocks for stability.
What is nature?
Minerals are made up of ____________ solid material found in nature. (living / non-living)
What is non-living.
The layer of the earth that is found beneath the crust.
What is the mantle?
How we measure and compare the hardness of different rocks.
What is the Moh's Scale.
These are the 2 types of Igneous rocks.
What is Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous rocks.
What is top soil.
True or False. Rocks can be made up of one or more different minerals.
What is true.