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Vocabulary Rock Types Changes Properties Examples $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
A naturally occurring solid substance composed of one or more minerals Rock
A scientist who studies the earth and the changes that take place on and beneath its surface Geologist
A naturally occurring material that has a specific chemical composition and crystal form and characteristic physical properties Mineral
Able to be replenished Renewable
Materials such as petroleum, coal, and many other minerals that cannot be easily or quickly replaced by natural systems Nonrenewable resource
Sediments Sedimentary
Cooling Magma Igneous
High Temperatures And/Or Heat Within The Earth Metamorphic
Crumbles easily and is often lighter than other rock types Sedimentary
Made of more than one type of mineral Rock
Igneous rocks are the only rocks that can turn into Sedimentary rocks False, All rocks can turn into sedimentary rocks
How do Igneous and Sedimentary rocks change to Metamorphic rocks Through heat and pressure from the earth
Explain how an existing rock can change into a sedimentary rock Rock needs to erode and then be deposited in sediments
Explain how an existing rock can change into an igneous rock The rock needs to melt into magma and then cool
Time scale used by geologist to measure thousands and millions of years Geological Time
Scale used to measure how a sample reflects light Brilliant, Glassy, Dull Luster
Daily Double!
Opague refers to which property Transparency
Color left behind when a sample is scratched over a ceramic tile Streak Color
What is the name of the scale commonly used to measure the hardness of a sample Mohs
What is the streak color of a diamond when it is rubbed on a ceramic tile No Streak Color, Diamonds are harder than the streak plate
Igneous
Sedimentary
What type of rock is this Fossils Sedimentary
Daily Double!
What type of rock is this Sedimentary
What type of rock is this Metamorphic
FINAL JEOPARDY
Worth What!
Make an argument for why coal, a relatively cheap sedimentary rock found in large quantities, could be considered more valuable than diamonds.
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