Rocks & Minerals
This type of rock often contains small shells and forms from pieces of other rocks and organic material being pressed together.
sedimentary
This process breaks rocks into smaller pieces but does not necessarily move them to a new place.
weathering
This resource is usable again and again and includes things like sunlight and flowing water. Which type is it?
renewable resource
The courthouse in Tallahassee used a common Florida rock to build many historic buildings. Which resource is that?
limestone
A wind turbine generates electricity produced from what type of resource?
wind
Dylan groups minerals by how shiny or dull they are; the two broad luster categories he could use are these:
metallic or non-metallic
Which example describes erosion because it involves moving rock or sediment to a new place:
a glacier picking up rocks
a tree root splitting a rock
ice expanding in a crack
extreme temperature change
glacier picking up and moving rocks and bits of sediment
Which resource from this list should be added to a renewable-resources list: gold, iron, water, or oil?
water
Which 3 of these resources listed — limestone, gold, oil, phosphate, aluminum — can be found naturally in Florida?
limestone, oil, phosphate
Sam's town uses a dam and a power plant that uses rushing water to make electricity. What type of resource is being used?
renewable/ water
Joe cannot scratch a mineral sample with his fingernail but can scratch it with an iron nail. Which physical property is he testing?
hardness
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
weathering breaks down rocks, while erosion moves rocks
Phosphate is mined in Florida and used to make fertilizer. Is phosphate renewable or nonrenewable?
nonrenewable
One very abundant Florida energy resource is shown as panels on a roof producing electricity. Which resource is being collected?
solar energy
Benjamin’s family on a Florida farm uses roof panels to get electricity from the sun. What type of resource is this?
Daunte’s mineral chart shows graphite with streak "black" and hardness 1–2, and pyrite with hardness 6–6.5 and a brassy color. Which 2 properties best distinguishes pyrite from graphite?
streak and hardness
Which agent listed is likely to break down a rock's surface without also carrying the broken pieces away:
gravity
wind
water that freezes in cracks of rocks
water that freezes in cracks of rocks
Bernisha’s teacher draws a flame labeled "Natural Gas" among pictures of water, sunlight, and fruits. Which of these is a nonrenewable resource?
natural gas
Phosphate is mined and used to make fertilizer. On the resource classification chart, phosphate is grouped with oil and gold under which category?
nonrenewable resources
Which type of energy is produced when flowing rivers are captured by a dam and turned into electricity?
hydro/water/renewable
A scientist checks cleavage by breaking a sample to see what shapes the pieces make. Which action tests cleavage?
breaking the rock to see the shapes of the pieces
Which of the following is NOT a direct cause of erosion: gravity, temperature change, water, or wind?
temperature change
Why is coal considered a nonrenewable resource?
it takes millions of years to form
Which Florida-mined resource used in building and listed in the National Register example is a sedimentary rock commonly quarried for construction?
limestone
A power plant uses rushing water, a wind turbine uses moving air, and solar panels use sunlight. What category could all of these energy sources belong in?