Vocablualry Experiments Physical Properties Rocks/Ores Miscellaneous 5pt 10 pt 10 pt 10pt 10 pt 5 pt 15 pt 10pt 15pt 10 pt 5 pt 15 pt 20 pt 15 pt 15 pt 5 pt 15 pt 10pt 15 pt 15pt 5pt 20 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt

A solid chemical matter formed by nature

What is a mineral?

A person who studies the earth

What is a geologist?

A solid mixture of one or more different minerals

What is a rock?

A characteristic that can be observed

What is a physical property?

A useful metal found in rocks

What is an ore?

How you tell if a water sample has salt in it?

What is pour the water into a dish and let it evaporate, If there is salt there will be salt crystals left In the dish

How you know if an unidentified rock has calcite in it

What is place some acid/vinegar on it, If it bubbles/fizzes calcite is present

Mineral #1 can be scratched by a fingernail and penny Which one is harder? Mineral #1 can be scratched by a fingernail and penny Mineral #2 can be scratched by a penny and a paper clip

What is Mineral # 1 because the finger nail can scratch It, and the fingernail is the softest tool

You can’t scratch Rock #1 or Rock #2 with any tools. Which one is harder?

What is scratch one against the other. The one Leaving the mark is the harder rock

The rocks you wouldn’t want to build with and why

What is limestone and marble because They have calcite in them and calcite Mixes with the acid in the rain and Destroys the buildings

On Moh’s Scale the mineral that is The softest: The Hardest:

What is talc and diamond?

Describes a mineral when it is shiny

What is luster?

Two ways to test a mineral for hardness

What is use a fingernail, a penny, A paper clip, or scratch them against each other

The property being tested by Moh’s Scale

What is hardness?

Leaves a colored mark on a white tile

What is streak?

Metallic ores are found here

What is igneous rock?

Three products made from sulfur

What is paper, paint, medicine, plastic, dyes, batteries, and fertilizers

Formed by heat and pressure Name an example

What is metamorphic marble, gneiss, slate

How sedimentary rock is formed Example:

What is layers of sand, soil, sediment Cemented together Conglomerate, shale, sandstone, limestone

Cooled quickly on the outside of a volcano Example:

What is extrusive igneous rock obsidian, basalt

A use for aluminum

What is pots/pans, foil, window frames, zippers

Hot, molten liquid from the center of the earth

What is magma?

Intrusive igneous rock Example:

What is formed on the inside of a volcano granite

Because intrusive igneous rock cools slowly

What is large crystals grow?

Shale changes to ________ Limestone changes to _______ Granite changes to ________

What is slate, marble, and gneiss?