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Properties
Rocks
Minerals
Grand Canyon
Vocabulary
100
This describes the shine of the rock.
Luster
100
These rocks are formed by lava.
Igneous
100
This mineral is yellow and smells like rotten eggs!
Sulfur
100
What type of rock is the grand canyon made of?
Sedimentary rock
100
melted rock that reaches the Earth’s surface through a volcano. When this rock cools it becomes an igneous rock.
lava
200
If I said the rock is a cube. What would I be describing?
Shape
200
These rocks are formed by lots and lots of sediments forming together through pressure.
Sedimentary Rocks
200
Where is the Grand Canyon located?
Arizonia
200
a trait that tells you something about an object. Ex: luster, color, shape
Property
300
We use Mohs Scale to test this.
Hardness
300
These rocks are CHANGED from igneous or sedimentary rocks.
Metamorphic
300
The hardest mineral of all.
Diamond
300
What do people ride on to see the Grand Canyon?
Mules
300
Very small pieces of rocks (like sand and gravel) that have been carried and dropped by wind, water and ice.
Sediments
400
If we were to say a rock is smooth and bumpy, what would we be describing?
Texture
400
These rocks are made from repeating shapes and patterns. We can grew them.
Crystals
400
Name one very soft mineral.
talc, mica or sulfer
400
How deep is the Grand Canyon?
1 mile :0
400
a scientist who studies rocks and land to learn about earth.
Geologist
500
Name 3 different properties of rocks.
Luster shape hardness color odor
500
Rocks that normally contain fossils are...
Sedimentary Rocks
500
A mineral that cools so quickly it has no crystals. It is called black glass.
Obsidian
500
Which river formed the Grand Canyon?
Colrado river
500
When a rock contains a once living thing
Fossil