Rocks
True or false: Rocks are made up of minerals.
True
A naturally occurring substance that is the building block of rocks
What is a Mineral
Copper makes blue, strontium makes red, titanium makes white and sodium makes yellow.
Mixing the minerals makes additional colours (i.e. mixing copper and strontium creates purple).
Gold sparks are made with iron filings and charcoal.
Flashes and bangs? Aluminum powder.
What are fireworks
When rubbed across a surface the colour line left behind.
What is streak
The shaking of the earth's surface when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
What is an earthquake
A type of rock that forms when molten rock pushes through the earth's crust and hardens
What is a Igneous rock
Pick the four characteristics of minerals that can be used to identify them.
A) shape
B) colour
C) luster
D) texture
E) mass
F) size
G) hardness
H) weight
I) streak
B) colour, C) luster, G) hardness, I) streak
This item is made of granite and found in your kitchen
What is countertops
A scale in common usgae that measures the resistance of minerals to scratching.
What is the Moh's Scale of Mineral Hardness
A hole in the earth's crust in which magma comes out of
What is a Volcano
Small pieces of rocks and minerals are moved by wind or water
What is a Sedimentary rock
Name two differences between Rocks and Minerals
1. Rocks are a mixture of Minerals
2. Minerals are always inorganic while rocks can be organic
Feldspar is in the porcelain and chromite is in the plumbing fixtures of this bathroom fixture
What is a Toilet
How shiny a rock or mineral is.
What is Luster
When a earthquake happens on the ocean floor
What is a Tsunami
A type of rock formed from Igneous or Sedimentary rocks that change after being acted on by heat or pressure
What is a Metamorphic rock
The hardest and most common Mineral
What is diamond
This household item contains powdered limestone which is used as an abrasive to clean off plaque.
What is Toothpaste
How the mineral breaks apart and forms crystals.
What is Cleavage
The formation and movement of glaciers
What is a glaciation
This rock often has fossils in it
What is a Sedimentary rock
What is the softest Mineral
What is Talc
This item uses quartz crystals to keep you on time.
What is a Watch
These minerals can scratch Topaz according to the Moh's Hardness Scale.
What is Corudum and Diamond
When earth's materials are worn away and transported by natural forces
What is erosion