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Rock Cycle
Minerals
Earth Facts
Rocks
5th Grade Rocks!
100
Sedimentary Rock
What is a rock made from layers and hardening
100
Determines hardness of a mineral.
What is Mohs' scale
100
Hottest part of the Earth
What is the core
100
Where fossils are usually found
What is sedimentary rock
100
When you scratch a mineral on a ceramic plate to see what color is left
What is a streak test
200
Igneous Rock
What is a rock made from cooling and hardening
200
Next test after being scratched by fingernail.
What is Scratched by a penny
200
The thinnest part of the Earth
What is the crust
200
Formed from hardened lava
What is igneous rock
200
When soil or rock gets broken into small pieces (sediments) and washed to a new location.
What is erosion
300
Metamorphic Rock
What is a rock made from heat and pressure
300
Hardest Mineral
What is diamond
300
These are made from acidic groundwater reacting with limestone in the Earth.
What is a limestone cave
300
Formed from heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock
300
A test used to classify minerals. When the mineral breaks into flat planes or surfaces.
What is cleavage
400
This happens to metamorphic rock as it is becoming Igneous.
What is melts!
400
Softest mineral
What is talc
400
Dripping (resembling icicles) hanging from the roof of a cave.
What are stalactities
400
Rocks are made up of other
What is minerals
400
Tests other than streak, cleavage, fracture and hardness that we used to classify minerals. Name at least two
What is magnetic, electrical, luster, acid, shape.
500
Igneous Rock that breaks into smaller pieces
What is weathering
500
two minerals that react greatly with acid
What are limestone and marble
500
Mounds that build up from the floor of a cave. They make interesting shapes as they grow.
What stalagmites
500
The three kinds of rock
What is sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
500
Limestone contains __________ and ______________ which are forms of calcium carbonate (base). They react greatly with acid.
What is organic material and seashells