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Types of Rocks
Identifying Minerals
Break Down
Rock Vocab
Random Rock Science
100
A group of rocks and minerals that are tied to the months of the year.
What is a birthstone.
100
How a mineral reflects light.
What is lustre.
100
When wind, water or ice move pieces of broken rock.
What is erosion.
100
When you can see through a rock.
What is transparent.
100
This very famous hard mineral comes in many colours.
What is diamond.
200
When heat and pressure deep inside the earth cause rocks to change.
What is metamorphic.
200
When a line of powder is left behind.
What is streak.
200
The wearing away or changing the appearance of something caused by wind or rain.
What is weathering.
200
When you no light passes through a rock.
What is opaque.
200
The liquid molten rock coming out of a volcano.
What is lava.
300
Form at the bottom or rivers when things get pushed together in layers.
What is sedimentary.
300
What can or can not be seen through a rock.
What is transparency.
300
When ice gets into rocks, freezes, and expands and breaks the rock.
What is mechanical weathering.
300
When some light passes through a rock
What is translucent.
300
The scientist we saw in the video.
What is Bill Nye.
400
When hot liquid rock coming from a volcano moves to the earth's surface, cools and becomes solid.
What is igneous.
400
To describe the shade or hue of a rock.
What is colour.
400
When water or acids react with a rock causing it to crumble.
What is chemical erosion.
400
A material often used to make counter tops.
What is marble or granite.
400
Coal and diamond are both made of
What is carbon.
500
The softest mineral.
What is talc.
500
The scale used to determine hardness.
What is Moh's Scale
500
Weathering and erosion take place over
What is time.
500
Metallic, glassy, or waxy are words used to describe
What is lustre
500
Volcanoes are created because of
What are techtonic plates.