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Types of rocks
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Rock Formation
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100
What does erosion do ?
Breaks away rocks
100
What are the three types of rock ?
Sedimentary Metamorphic Igneous
100
Which is used to make cleaning products? marble or limestone
Limestone
100
How are sedimentary rocks made?
Fossils and bits of rocks pressurized by dirt for a long time.
100
Name a rock or a mineral that is soft.
Talc
200
What kind of professional studies rocks?
A geologist
200
What is the colour of a ruby and an emerald?
Red/Green
200
What mineral is used in toothpaste?
Fluorite
200
How are igneous rocks made?
They are made when magma/lava cools down.
200
Name a rock or a mineral that can be white.
Marble or quartzite
300
What is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
300
True or False, is diamond a rare kind of mineral?
False
300
What mineral is used to make glass?
Sand
300
How are metamorphic rocks made?
Chunks of igneous and sedimentary rocks are crushed together.
300
Name 3 different gem stones
Diamond, emerald, topaz, ruby, aquamarine, saphire, amethyst, apatite
400
What Canadian region collects the most minerals or rocks?
The Canadian Shield
400
True or False? Pumice is the only floating rock in the world.
True
400
True or False is Garnet used to make radios?
False
400
Name the three elements of rock formation.
Pressure, heat and time.
400
Name 5 products that have a rock or a mineral in it.
Computer, cell phone, toothpaste, radio, food, drinks, timers, glass
500
What geological structure is found in Yellowstone National Park?
A supervolcano
500
What kind rock is marble?
Metamorphic Rock
500
True or false is limestone is used to make concrete?
True
500
Name one type of igneous rock that is formed by lava (not magma).
Pumice
500
Name a famous rock in the USA which has faces carved in it.
Mount Rushmore