Rocks and Earth
Definitions
Geology
Petrified Brain
Mrs. Reinke
100
Molten rock in the earth's mantle
What is magma?
100
A person who studies minerals.
What is a mineralogist?
100
All minerals form a special kind of solid.
What is a crystal?
100
Fossils that form when mud buries a plant or animal and then quickly hardens around it.
What are mold fossils?
100
What are the names of all of Mrs. Reinke's current pets?
What is Rascal, Sarah, Taz, Buttons, Charlie, Byron and little Noah?
200
Decaying plant and animal material in the soil.
What is humus
200
Hardest substance
What is a diamond?
200
Someone who studies the structure of the earth.
What is a geologist?
200
Scientists who study fossils.
What are paleontologists?
200
What type of antique car did Mrs. Reinke's family own that she pushed the steering wheel over and the car started rolling backwards down the driveway and towards a big hil on the golf course?
What is a T-bird?
300
Name a material that is a very durable artificial rock.
What is concrete?
300
Best conductor of electricity
What is silver?
300
Oil in its natural state.
What is crude oil or petroleum?
300
When were fossils many possibly created.
During the flood of Noah's time.
300
When Mrs. Reinke was little, she got yelled at by the neighbor for doing this?
What is running across the street?
400
A rock that smells like mud when it is wet.
What is shale?
400
Most useful metal. Also tell me why?
What is iron? And iron is very strong and is used in buildings.
400
Two types of weathering.
What are chemical and physical weathering?
400
Lightweight, nonmagnetic and rustproof metal.
What is aluminum?
400
What did Mrs. Reinke think lived in the neighbors basement and she tried peeking in the windows?
What is a unicorn?
500
Welcome to an old school classroom. Which rock was used for chalkboards and what material was used in pencils instead of lead?
What is slate and graphite?
500
A radioactive metal used as a source for nuclear power.
What is uranium?
500
A person who explores caves. AND has Mrs. Reinke ever done this. (must get it right to get credit)
What is spelunker?
500
Name three sedimentary rocks.
What is limestone, sandstone, shale?
500
Town that Mrs. Reinke grew up in.
Lake Mills