Rocks
Minerals
People
Earthy Stuff
Miscellaneous
100

Smells like mud when it is wet


What is shale?

100
Material used in pencils instead of lead

What is graphite?

100
One who studies the earth

What is a geologist?

100

An underground spring that shoots streams of boiling water into the air from time to time

What is a geyser?

100

Molten rock in the mantle

What is magma?

200

Often used to make chalkboards

What is slate?

200

Hardest substance on earth

What is a diamond?

200
One who studies minerals

What is a mineralogist?

200

Oil in its natural state

What is petroleum or crude oil?

200

Molten rock on the earth's surface

What is lava?

300
Types of fossils formed when mud buries things

What is mold fossils?

300
Rarest gemstone

What is a ruby?

300
One who studies fossils

What is a paleontologist?

300

Two types of weathering on Earth

What is physical and chemical weathering?

300

Decaying plant and animal material in the soil

What is humus?

400

Types of fossils in which plants or animals have been turned to stone

What is petrified fossils?

400

Before its a polished gem it's a rare, beautiful mineral 

What is a gemstone?

400

One who explores caves

What is a spelunker?

400

Lightweight, nonmagnetic, rustproof metal

What is aluminum?

400

A very durable artificial rock

 What is concrete?

500

Granite, pumice, and obsidian

What are igneous rocks?

500
A special kind of solid with definite shape with flat surfaces and sharp edges

What is a crystal?

500

Marie Curie and her husband experimented with this radioactive metal used for nuclear power now

What is uranium?

500

Best conductor of electricity

What is silver?

500

Most useful metal

What is iron?