Rocks & Minerals

Which Rock $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Type is it? Limestone, Gneiss, Granite, or Obsidian Rock Cycle Mining Identifying Minerals Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4 $200

Topic 1: $100 This rock forms when magma or lava cools Answer

Topic 1: $100 Igneous Rock Return to Main

Topic 1: $200 Answer This rock forms when layers of organic material and sand/silt have cemented and compacted

Topic 1: $200 Return to Main Sedimentary Rock

Topic 1: $300 Answer This rock is formed from coral (organic material):

Topic 1: $300 Return to Main Petoskey Stone

Topic 1: $400 Answer What rock would replace the

Topic 1: $400 Return to Main Igneous Rock

Topic 1: $500 Answer Lava forms extrusive, quickly cooled rocks. _____ forms intrusive, slowly cooled rocks.

Topic 1: $500 Return to Main Magma

Topic 2: $100 Answer This rock type forms under extreme heat and pressure, but does not melt.

Topic 2: $100 Return to Main Metamorphic Rock

Topic 2: $200 Answer This rock would replace the

Topic 2: $200 Return to Main Sedimentary Rock

Topic 2: $300 Answer This kind of rock would not form on a planet with no atmosphere and weather

Topic 2: $300 Return to Main Sedimentary Rock

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Topic 2: $400 Answer Rocks that have course- grains, such as pebbles are called _____

Topic 2: $400 Return to Main Conglomerates

Topic 2: $500 Answer This type of rock forms in this location

Topic 2: $500 Return to Main Sedimentary

Topic 3: $100 Answer This rock usually contains fossils

Topic 3: $100 Return to Main Limestone

Topic 3: $200 Answer This rock contains mica, feldspar, and quartz and it is an intrusive igneous rock

Topic 3: $200 Return to Main Granite

Topic 3: $300 Answer This rock has altering layers of dark and light bands

Topic 3: $300 Return to Main Gneiss

Topic 3: $400 Answer This rock has conchoidal fractures and is usually black and shiny

Topic 3: $400 Return to Main Obsidian

Topic 3: $500 Answer What is this rock:

Topic 3: $500 Return to Main Obsidian

Topic 4: $100 Answer In order to change a metamorphic rock into a sedimentary rock it must go through these two processes

Topic 4: $100 Return to Main Weathering and Cementing

Topic 4: $200 Answer A sedimentary rock must go through _____ and _____ in order to become an igneous rock

Topic 4: $200 Return to Main Melting and Cooling

Topic 4: $300 Answer To change an igneous rock into a metamorphic rock it must have extreme _____ and _____ without actually melting

Topic 4: $300 Return to Main Heat and Pressure

Topic 4: $400 Answer All rocks in the rock cycle can become this rock through weathering and cementing

Topic 4: $400 Return to Main Sedimentary Rock

Topic 4: $500 Answer This rock type would replace the

Topic 4: $500 Return to Main Metamorphic Rock

Topic 5: $100 Answer This type of mining is the removal of minerals at or near the Earth’s surface

Topic 5: $100 Return to Main Surface Mining

Topic 5: $200 Answer The process that returns the land to its original state after the mining is completed

Topic 5: $200 Return to Main Reclamation

Topic 5: $300 Answer This is the removal of minerals and other materials from deep within the Earth

Topic 5: $300 Return to Main Deep Mining

Topic 5: $400 Answer A mineral deposit large enough and pure enough to be mined for profit

Topic 5: $400 Return to Main Ore

Topic 5: $500 Answer Open pits, strip mines, and quarries are types of this mine

Topic 5: $500 Return to Main Surface Mines

Topic 6: $100 Answer This is the tendency of some minerals to break along flat surfaces

Topic 6: $100 Return to Main Cleavage

Topic 6: $200 Answer The tendency of some minerals to break unevenly along curved or irregular surfaces

Topic 6: $200 Return to Main Fracture

Topic 6: $300 Answer When you say a mineral is shiny or dull (metallic or nonmetallic), you are describing its _____

Topic 6: $300 Return to Main Luster

Topic 6: $400 Answer This is the color of a mineral in powdered form

Topic 6: $400 Return to Main Streak

Topic 6: $500 Answer A minerals resistance to being scratched is referred to as _____

Topic 6: $500 Return to Main Hardness

The Rock Cycle Proceed

Answer Name the processes that each letter represents A: ____ B: ____ C: ____ Name the processes that each letter represents A: ____ B: ____ C: ____

Return to Main A: Compacting & Cementing B: Weathering & Erosion C: Heat & Pressure A: Compacting & Cementing B: Weathering & Erosion C: Heat & Pressure