Show:
Resources
Minerals
Rocks
Mineral Properties
Misc.!
100
What type of resource is water?
What is A Renewable Resource
100
The scale that measures the hardness of minerals is called the _____
What is Moh's Scale
100
Provide one example of weathering
What is answers vary- teacher uses discretion
100
Luster is _______
What is how a mineral looks when its under a light
100
How is an igneous rock formed?
What is it is formed when Lava becomes Magma and cools. Magma comes from a volcano
200
A resource that can never really run out is called a ______ resource
What is renewable resource
200
When you rub the corner of one mineral against a white plate, you are measuring the ____ of the mineral
What is Streak ( the color that a mineral leaves behind)
200
Miners can find different kinds of metal in different types of rocks. The metal can be used for making tools, cooking utensils, and jewelry. Which of these is a metal can be mined from rocks? Coal, Copper, Pumice, or Schist
What is COPPER (it is the only metal listed!)
200
Streak can be measured by
What is scraping the rock against a white tile or sandpaper
200
Which of the following resources is NOT renewable? sunlight, oil, trees, or wind?
What is Oil
300
Which of the following resources is renewable? Coal, Natural Gas, Oil, Solar Energy
What is Solar Energy
300
Ms Yeldener has a ruby on her ring. She noticed that the Ruby has a similar Luster to a window. Which word describes the luster of a Ruby?
What is Glassy
300
a rock that wares away over time is the result of ______
What is weathering
300
The following is a list of mineral properties: gray, metallic, cubic, and opaque. Which of these describes the LUSTER of the mineral?
What is Metallic
300
Name all five properties used to classify a mineral
What is Hardness, Color, Luster, Streak, Cleavage
400
Fossil Fuels are useful, but produce a lot of pollution. Which of these resources is a renewable source of energy that causes less air pollution? Coal, Gas, Oil or Sunlight?
What is Sunlight ( SOLAR ENERGY)
400
True or False: A mineral can scratch another mineral only if it has a lower hardness (Harder minerals can scratch less- hard minerals)
What is TRUE
400
How is a sedimentary rock formed?
What is Layers of sediments build up over time
400
What is the streak of a mineral?
What is the color of the powder that a mineral leaves behind
400
Name the three types of rocks and how they are formed
What is Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic How they are formed answer is up to the teacher!
500
What is it called when a resource can take thousands of years to replenish?
What is A Non - Renewable Resource
500
The Diamond is the hardest mineral on the Moh's Scale. What does this mean?
What is "A Diamond can scratch any other Mineral"
500
If a rock contains fossils, it is most likely which type of rock? Igneous? Metamorphic? Sedimentary?
What is Sedimentary
500
What is the most reliable property that we can use to classify a mineral?
What is Streak (color changes but streak does not)
500
You see a giant fan on the side of the highway. What kind of energy is this "giant fan" making?
What is to create wind energy (the "fan" is AKA a "Wind Turbine"