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Types of rocks
Properties
Minerals
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Which rocks are formed from heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
100

Yarisbeth found a rock in the park that was very shiny. Which property is she focusing on?

luster

100
True/False: Minerals are not found in rocks.
False
100
Who studies rocks?
Geologist
100

A fossil is_____

What is an imprint of an organism on a rock?

200
Which rock forms under water?
Sedimentary
200
Tashary sorted her rocks into piles of gray rocks, red rocks and black rocks. Which property did she look at?
Color
200
What are rocks made out of?
Minerals
200

A precious stone that has been cut or polished.

What is a gem?
200
Where do rocks come from?
The Earth
300
Which rock is formed from magma or lava?
Igneous
300
Tell one property used to classify minerals.
Size, color, shape, texture and hardness
300
True/False: There can be more than one mineral in a rock.
True
300

_______ is the term we use when rock and minerals break down during erosion.

What is weathering?

300

The processes a rock has to go through to become a metamorphic rock?

What is heat and pressure?

400
Explain how sedimentary rock is formed.
Sediments run off into the water where they settle at the bottom of the ocean. The water causes the rock to form.
400

Softest mineral

What is talc?

400

TRUE or FALSE :  Minerals are not formed by a living thing.

TRUE

400

In order to get a closer, detailed view, to identify sediments/minerals in rocks, what was tool would they use?

Hand lens / magnifying lense

400
Describe where igneous rocks come from.
Hot magma pushes up through the surface and cools.
500
What are all three types of rocks?
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
500

What is the scale scientists use to identify the hardness of a mineral?

Moh's Hardness Scale

500
Which mineral is the hardest?
Diamond
500

This word means that no light passes through

What is opaque?

500

What is the order from the earth's outside layer to the inside layer?

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core