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Types of Rocks
Properties
The Earth
Rocks
The Moon
100
The type of rock that is formed by melted rock.
What is igneous?
100
The test which lets geologists know if a rock contains calcite.
What is the vinegar (acid) test?
100
The part of Earth on which we live.
What is the crust?
100
An Earth material made of two or more minerals.
What is a rock?
100
The changes that the moon goes through each month
What are the phases of the moon?
200
the type of rock that is formed by layers
What is sedimentary
200
It is the test that helps geologists determine how hard a rock or mineral is
What is the scratch test?
200
the inner core
What is the center (middle) of the Earth?
200
It is a pure substance with one ingredient.
What is a mineral?
200
A moon that is larger than one half.
What is a gibbous moon?
300
The type of rock that is formed when one type of rock changes to another type of rock
What is metamorphic
300
You can use your eyes to determine this property of rocks (3 possible answers)
What is color, texture and/or shape?
300
The hot liquid deep inside the Earth
What is magma?
300
The scientist that studies rocks.
What is a geologist?
300
What the moon is called at the beginning of each month.
What is a new moon?
400
The type of rock formed by heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock?
400
the sense you use to determine the texture of the rock.
What is touch?
400
The part of the Earth directly below the Earth's crust.
What is the outer core?
400
feldspar, hornblende, quartz and mica
What are the minerals in granite?
400
A moon that is less than half.
What is a crescent moon?
500
Rocks go through this as they change from one form to another.
What is the rock cycle?
500
a fingernail, a penny and a paperclip
What are the three tools we used for the scratch test?
500
It happens when two tectonic plates push against one another.
What is an earthquake?
500
The mineral that bubbles in vinegar
What is calcite?
500
How long the moon takes to orbit the Earth.
What is one month?