Rocks Jeopardy Igneous Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Rock Cycle and More 1st Semester Stuff 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

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A-100 ANSWER: Igneous rocks form from this? QUESTION: lava or magma

A-200 ANSWER: Name one igneous rock QUESTION:

A-300 ANSWER: You find an igneous rock with fine grained crystals. Where did it form? QUESTION: On the surface of the Earth, extrusive

A-400 ANSWER: What is the main difference between mafic and felsic igneous rocks? QUESTION: Color, felsic are light colored and mafic are dark colored.

A-500 ANSWER: Igneous rocks that have large crystals cooled either slowly or quickly, and either above ground or below ground. Choose!!! QUESTION: slowly, below ground

B-100 ANSWER: Describe what sediment is.. QUESTION: Broken pieces of rock, dirt, silt, etc.

B-200 ANSWER: What two things must happen to sediment to form into a sedimentary rock? QUESTION: Get compacted and cemented together

B-300 ANSWER: Within 5%, how much of the Earth’s crust is covered by sediments and sedimentary rock? QUESTION: 80%

B-400 ANSWER: There are three main types of sedimentary rocks. Name one type…. QUESTION: Clastic, organic or chemical.

B-500 ANSWER: Define weathering and give two examples of causes of weathering on the surface of the Earth. QUESTION: Weathering is the breakdown of rock. Two examples could be wind, water or heat.

C-100 ANSWER: What two processes will change a rock into a metamorphic rock? QUESTION: Heat and Pressure

C-200 ANSWER: The word foliated in metamorphic rock means what? QUESTION: The rock has layers or bands of minerals.

C-300 ANSWER: What is the nickname for metamorphic rocks. It comes from a Disney movie. QUESTION: The cinderella rock

C-400 ANSWER: Name the 2 types of metamorphism that can occur. QUESTION: Regional and Contact

C-500 ANSWER: The word metamorphic means ____________ QUESTION: To Change Form

D-100 ANSWER: Define the rock cycle. QUESTION: The cycling of rock from one form to another, or the recycling of Earth’s material.

D-200 ANSWER: What type of rock is the original/first rock on the Earth? QUESTION: Igneous

D-300 ANSWER: Why do fossils only form in sedimentary rocks? QUESTION: Too much heat and or pressure in igneous and metamorphic.

D-400 ANSWER: Limestone will undergo metamorphism to turn into this rock??? QUESTION: Marble

D-500 ANSWER: Name four process that must happen to a rock to become sediment, then possible form into a sedimentary rock. QUESTION: weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, compaction, cementation

E-100 ANSWER: How many stars are in our solar system? QUESTION: One

E-200 ANSWER: Name the theory that describes the origin of our universe? QUESTION: Big Bang

E-300 ANSWER: Name the point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake QUESTION: epicenter

E-400 ANSWER: Name the three types of plate boundaries QUESTION: Convergent, Divergent, Transform

E-500 ANSWER: Which type of star is our Sun? QUESTION: Main Sequence

FINAL JEOPARDY ANSWER: Name one igneous, one sedimentary and one metamorphic rock. QUESTION: