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How to play “Earth Science Battleship” Divide the class into two teams, Red and Purple. Choose which team goes first. The main screen is divided into 49 boxes. The first team chooses a box by letter and number, E4 for instance. Click on the ‘Q’ at the center of the square. Be careful to click only on the ‘Q’. A question will appear. IF the team answers the question correctly, click on ‘return to board’. This will take you back to the main game board. Now click anywhere else in the box (except the ‘Q’). The box will disappear and you find out if you hit and destroyed one of the enemy ships. If the team did not answer the question correctly simply return to the main board and allow the other team to choose a box and answer a question. The first team to successfully “sink” all four of the other team’s ships wins. The RED team must sink purple ships and the PURPLE team must sink red ships. (if you’re playing at home to review, click on ‘answer’ for the correct response) Each team or the team captain must be told which squares hide their ships. (see notes below this slide) Get out your reference tables. Let’s play!

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Question A1 A & E ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which rocks are most likely sedimentary in origin?

Question A2 Rock B ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which rock is formed from molten material that solidified deep within the Earth?

Question A3 Sandstone ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which rock would most likely contain fossils?

Question A4 Gneiss ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which of these rocks may have formed from granite that was subjected to high heat and pressure?

Question A5 Gneiss ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which rock shows banding of minerals and formed as a result of the recrystallization of unmelted material.

Question A6 Conglomerate ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which rock formed from sediments with a wide range of sizes?

Question A7 Cleavage ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which physical property of minerals is illustrated by the flat surfaces seen in the diagram?

Question B1 Compaction and cementation ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which two processes involved in sedimentary rock formation are illustrated in the diagram above?

Question B2 Sample D (contains pyroxene) ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which of these rock samples is most probably basalt?

Question B3 C and D (fine texture) ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which two of the igneous rocks listed above formed closest to the surface of the Earth?

Question B4 Obsidian or Basaltic Glass ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which rock is illustrated in the diagram?

Question B5 (Silicon-Oxygen) Tetrahedron ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What is the name of the structure illustrated above?

Question B6 Gabbro or Peridotite ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Rock B is most probably

Question B7 Rocks A and B (coarse texture) ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which two rocks formed deep within the Earth?

Question C1 Shale ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What kind of rock is sample #4?

Question C2 Gneiss (coarse texture & banding) ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Rock sample 5 is most probably

#4 ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Question C3 Which of these correctly shows the structure of the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron?

Question C4 Granite ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Rock B is most probably

Question C5 Sample 2 (intergrown crystals) ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which of these could be a magnified view of a sample of Rhyolite?

Question C6 The scratch test ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which mineral identification test would involve the scale shown here?

Question C7 Both are made of the mineral calcite ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Why do the rocks limestone and marble both bubble when in contact with acid?

Question D1 The internal arrangement of atoms ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What causes the characteristic shape of the quartz crystal shown in the diagram?

Question D2 #1 ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which of these is the basic building block of the mineral quartz?

Question D3 Choice 4 ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown.

Question D4 Limestone ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What rock is this?

Question D5 Choice 1 ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown.

Streak test ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Question D6 Which test used for the identification of minerals is illustrated here?

Question D7 Different internal arrangements of atoms ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Both graphite and diamond are made entirely of carbon atoms. What accounts for the different properties of these two minerals.

Question E1 Calcite ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. The cave formations seen here are created by the interactions of water and this mineral

Question E2 Heat and/or pressure (metamorphism) ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What probably caused the distortion of structure seen in this rock?

Question E3 Slate ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which rock is formed by the low-grade metamorphism of shale?

Question E4 Phyllite ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Which foliated, shiny rock contains mica, quartz, feldspar, amphibole, and garnet but no pyroxene?

Question E5 Conglomerate, Breccia, Sandstone, Siltstone or Shale ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Rock A might be (give one of several possible answers)

Question E6 Gneiss ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Rock C is coarse grained. What is it?

Question E7 Luster ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What term describes the way a mineral reflects light?

Question F1 Under water – a marine environment ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. In what kind of environment would deposits of rock gypsum form?

Question F2 Vesicular Rhyolite ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. Name a volcanic, vesicular, igneous rock which contains plagioclase feldspar, quartz, and potassium feldspar.

Question F3 Magnetite ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. It’s metallic, black or silver and fractures. What is it?

Question F4 Quartz ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. It will scratch Plagioclase feldspar and contains no iron. What is it?

Question F5 Limestone ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. It forms from precipitates of biologic origin. What is it?

Question F6 Bituminous coal ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. It’s bioclastic but it’s never crystalline. What is it?

Question F7 Granite (less likely, Diorite) ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. It’s plutonic, felsic, low density, and contains intergrown crystals that are 4.5 mm in diameter. It is probably....

Question G1 Weathering and erosion ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. According to the rock cycle diagram (ESRT page 6), the first two steps in the transformation of metamorphic rock into sedimentary rock are

Question G2 Construction materials (biotite mica) ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. It cleaves into thin, flexible sheets and it contains magnesium. What is it used for?

Question G3 Coarse ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What word should replace letter C?

Question G4 Cleavage ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What characteristic of some minerals is illustrated in the diagram?

Question G5 Sandstone ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What is rock X?

Question G6 Gneiss ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What is rock Y?

Question G7 The color of a mineral in powdered form ANSWER Back to main board Click timer to start 1 min. countdown. What does B mean?