2. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

3. Rocks and Minerals _________________________ _____________________ ___________________ __________________ _________________ ______________ Click the appropriate dollar amount at right to proceed to the question

4. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Phone A Friend “OK Contestant…Please select a friend to help you with this one. You have thirty seconds to discuss your options…” Return to the Question

5. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Ask the Audience “Audience, we need your help on this one…in a moment, we’ll ask you to indicate, by show of hands, your choice for the correct answer…” Return to the Question

6. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Fifty - Fifty You’ve asked that two of the wrong answers be eliminated, leaving you with one wrong answer plus the correct one. 50/50 Return to the Question

7. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Correct Correct! Proceed to Next Question

8. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Incorrect Sorry, That’s Incorrect Return to the Question

9. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The way particles are arranged All minerals have a geometric shape because of __________. High temperatures The pressure needed to form them The living parts of the minerals 50/50 A CD B

10. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD coal Which of the following is a mineral? soilcopper brass A CD B 50/50

11. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD streak A scientist says a mineral is metallic. What property is the scientist describing? lusterhardness cleave A CD B 50/50

12. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD talc On the Mohs scale, which mineral has a hardness of 10? diamondapatite quartz A CD B 50/50

13. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Rocks don’t change. How is a rock different from a mineral? A mineral is made up of rock Minerals are harder than rock A rock is made up of minerals. A CD B 50/50

14. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD erosion Which process forms new soil when exposed rock begins to break down? expositionweathering rock cycle A CD B 50/50

15. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Humus rock A rock has many layers. What type of rock is this? Sedimentary rock Igneous rock Metamorphic rock A CD B 50/50

16. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Humus rock Which type of rock can be formed by chemical reactions? Sedimentary rock Igneous rock Metamorphic rock A CD B 50/50

17. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD sand Which type of soils is fine- grained and holds water extremely well? loamclay silt A CD B 50/50

18. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD It has a lot of humus Why are you likely to find dark brown soil in a forest? It is iron-rich It has a lot of minerals It has little humus A CD B 50/50

19. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD They can consume contaminants How can bacteria benefit from contaminated soil? They can erode the contaminated soil They can form new soil to mix in They can break down contaminants A CD B 50/50

20. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A hammer What tool do you need to test a mineral’s color? A steel knife An unglazed ceramic tile A fingernail A CD B 50/50

21. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD topsoil Which soil layer has the GREATEST amount of organic material? subsoilparent rock sand A CD B 50/50

22. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Top layer In four layers of rock, which layer would you find the oldest fossils? Second layer down Second layer from the bottom Bottom layer A CD B 50/50

23. Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD about the same age as Rocks and fossils found near a trilobite in the same layer of sediment will be ____________ the trilobite. older than totally different from the age of younger than A CD B 50/50

24. Essays What can a scientist conclude if he finds a trilobite fossil in sedimentary rock? Why is this a valid conclusion? What role do mosses, lichen, bacteria, fungi, and plants play in soil formation? A soil profile reveals what is inside the soil. It shows three layers. Identify and describe the three layers. Rocks are always changing in a pattern called the rock cycle, which takes place over millions of years. Describe how the three types of rock – sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock – are formed in the rock cycle and give a characteristic and example of each type of rock.