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100
Name the three different types of rocks.
What are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous?
100
Granite is a type of _________ rock.
What is igneous?
100
True or False A mineral is a living solid material that has a definite chemical makeup.
What is false? Minerals are nonliving.
100
A scientist who studies fossils and organisms that lived long ago.
What is a paleontologist?
100
Which property helps you decide if a mineral is nonmetallic or metallic? a. luster b. cleavage c. hardness d. color
What is luster?
200
Any rock can become metamorphic rock when there is ____. A. cooling B. cementing C. weathering D. heat and pressure
What is heat and pressure (d)?
200
__________ rocks form when existing rocks are changed by extreme heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
200
The color of a mineral when it is ground to a powder is called its _____________.
What is streak?
200
Name the three types of fossils.
What are imprints, molds, and casts?
200
Identify the softest mineral according to the Mohs Scale.
What is talc?
300
Which of the following is true of a sedimentary rock? a. it forms when melted rock hardens b. it forms when existing rock is changed by heat and pressure c. it forms when rock particles are pressed together d. it is the hardest type of rock
What is it forms when rock particles are pressed together (c)?
300
The continous series of changes that rocks undergo is called the ________________.
What is the rock cycle?
300
The hardness of a mineral is measured on the _____ scale.
What is Mohs?
300
Fossils are mostly found in this type of rock.
What are sedimentary rocks?
300
Identify the hardest mineral according to the Mohs Scale.
What are diamonds?
400
Which type of igneorus rock forms when melted rocks cools quickly at the Earth's surface? a. granite b. slate c. schist d. obsidian
What is obsidian (d)?
400
Gneiss, a rock that forms under conditions of heat and pressure whithin the Earth, is what kind of rock?
What is metamorphic?
400
What is not a property that can be used to help identify a mineral? a. luster b. streak c. hardness d. talc
What is talc?
400
The first step in a fossil forming is ______________.
What is a living thing dies?
400
Sandstone and limeston are what kind of rocks?
What is sedimentary?
500
Conglomerate, limestone, and shale are ________ rocks.
What is sedimentary?
500
What is the most common type of sedimentary rock?
What is shale?
500
The most important mineral mined in Georgia today is__. a. gold b. kaolin c. silver d. aluminum
What is kaolin?
500
A fossil imprint of an animal that lived long ago is not likely to give clues about that animal's a. shape b. color c. size d. weight
What is color (b)?
500
A scientist that studies the Earth, how rocks form, and how they change is known as a __________.
What is geologist?