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HOW DO ROCKS FORM
WHAT ARE MINERALS
Ways we Use Minerals
Why is soil important?
Soil Bar
100
Is a natural , solid, nonliving material made of one or more minerals.
What is a rock.
100
True or false? Are minerals the most common solid material found on Earth?
What is true.
100
How is the mineral Halite used?
What is crushed and then ground up. We is it for flavor and to preserve our food.
100
What is soil?
What is the thin layer of loose material that covers most of Earth's land.
100
Name the soil layers.
What is topsoil, subsoil and bedrock.
200
Is a natural material that forms from nonliving matter.
What is a mineral.
200
What color is the mineral Mica?
What is black, gray, green, violet.
200
What is the mineral that is in our toothpaste?
What is fluorite.
200
What is the process of breaking down the remains of plants and animals.
What is decay.
200
Are fossils mostly found in metamorphic rock?
What is true.
300
This type of rock is formed from a very hot mixture of melted minerals and gases.
What is igneous rock.
300
Are color, luster, streak and hardness all ways that you can identify minerals by?
What is yes!
300
What can the mineral copper be made into?
What are pots and pans.
300
What is a loam?
What is a soil with a mixture of sand, silt, clay , and humus.
300
Have you used several minerals today? Name one?
What is yes. Answers vary.
400
These kinds of rocks are formed over thousands of years, the sediments are pressed together and cemented .
What are sedimentary rocks.
400
What is the mineral that helps form your bones. ( It is in your milk!)
What is calcium.
400
Why are minerals important to your health?
What is to keep your bodies healthy and full of energy.
400
Is soil the same everywhere?
What is no, not the same everywhere.
500
This type of rock has been changed by heat and pressure.
What is a metamorphic rock.
500
Is it almost impossible to go through a day without using minerals?
What is true!
500
What is the hardest mineral?
What is a diamond!
500
Are earthworms good for topsoil?
What is yes. Earthworms mix up the topsoil.
500
What mineral is used by the human body help form your bones and teeth?
What is calcium.