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Minerals Category
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Hodge Podge
100
We make glass and glass products out of this mineral.
What is quartz?
100
How melted rock deep below the Earth's surface.
What is magma?
100
Rocks formed when sediments are pressed together into layers.
What are sedimentary rocks?
100
Rocks that are heated and squeezed and change into another rock form.
What are metamorphic rocks?
100
The continual changing of one kind of rock into another kind.
What is the rock cycle?
200
This mineral is used is sheetrock for making walls in buildings.
What is gypsum?
200
Magma that reaches the surface.
What is lava?
200
The remains of living things such as, plants, and bones from long ago found in rocks.
What are fossils?
200
This rock formed is used for tile roofs.
What is slate?
200
The way a rock shines.
What is luster?
300
We use this mineral to make electrical wires, pots and pans, and pennies.
What is copper?
300
An igneous rock that can be used for counter tops, roads, sidewalks, buildings and bridges.
What is granite?
300
A huge landmark in the United States formed by sedimentary rock.
What is the Grand Canyon?
300
Many famous statues are carved from this type of rock.
What is marble?
300
The name of the hardness scale for rocks.
What is Moy's Hardness Scale?
400
We make pots and pans, soda cans, and baseball bats out of this.
What is aluminum?
400
An igneous rock that is formed above ground, has tiny holes, is very lightwieght, feels scratchy and is used to scrub off dirt.
What is pumice?
400
A rock formed by rounded pebbles, that may have been carried by rocks and streams.
What is conglomerate rock?
400
The way a mineral splits.
What is cleavage?
400
A mineral we use daily in preparing food.
What is salt?
500
These gems are minerals valued for beauty and used for jewerly.
What are diamonds, rubies, emeralds, turqoiuse are examples.
500
A rock that is dark in color and has a glassy shine.
What is obsidian?
500
The rock was formed by remains of ancient plants. It is mined and used for energy.
What is coal?
500
A rock that is mined becuase it contains a useful substance.
What is ore?
500
The mineral we use to powder a baby's bottom.
What is talc?