Science Jeopardy MineralsIgneousSedimentaryMetamorphicChallenge Final Jeopardy

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Question Answer A-100 Question: True or False, Minerals are solid. ANSWER: True

Question Answer A-200 QUESTION: What characteristic is the ability to reflect light? ANSWER: Luster

Question Answer A-300 QUESTION: What is the difference between cleavage and fracture? ANSWER: Cleavage breaks in even patterns, fracture shatters unevenly

Question Answer A-400 QUESTION: What is the colored powder left behind from a mineral called? ANSWER: Streak

Question Answer A-500 QUESTION: What scale is used to tell a mineral’s hardness? ANSWER: Moh’s Scale

Question Answer QUESTION: What creates igneous rocks? ANSWER: Magma and Lava B-100

Question Answer B-200 QUESTION: Where can you find an igneous rock in the United States? ANSWER: Hawaii

Question Answer B-300 QUESTION: What is a characteristic of a FELSIC rock? ANSWER: Light color

Question Answer B-400 QUESTION: What size would crystals be if a rock cooled very quickly? ANSWER: Small

Question Answer B-500 QUESTION: Name a specific Igneous Rock. ANSWER: Granite, Gabbro, Basalt, Rhyolite

Question Answer C-100 QUESTION: Where do we usually find sedimentary rocks? ANSWER: Near water

Question Answer C-200 QUESTION: What can sedimentary rocks have that most other rocks cannot? ANSWER: Fossils

Question Answer C-300 QUESTION: What makes up sedimentary rocks? ANSWER: Broken pieces of other rocks, sediments

Question Answer C-400 QUESTION: What are the two types of textures in sedimentary rocks? ANSWER: Clastic and Crystaline

Question Answer C-500 QUESTION: What is stratification? ANSWER: The layering of sediments to make up a rock

Question Answer D-100 QUESTION: What does Metamorphism mean? ANSWER: To change form

Question Answer D-200 QUESTION: What two factors change Igneous and Sedimentary rocks into Metamorphic rocks? ANSWER: Heat and Pressure

Question Answer D-300 QUESTION: What is the difference between foliated and non foliated rocks? ANSWER: Foliated rocks have distinct bands or layers. Non-Foliated do not have specific layers

Question Answer D-400 QUESTION: What are the three types of Metamorphism? ANSWER: Regional, Contact and Dynamic

Question Answer D-500 QUESTION: What is schist and where can we find it? ANSWER: A shiny metamorphic rock found in Central Park

Question Answer E-100 QUESTION: Name one mineral characteristic. ANSWER: Luster, Cleavage, Fracture, Color, Hardness, Streak, Crystal Shape, Density, Special Properties.

Question Answer E-200 QUESTION: What is the hardest mineral? ANSWER: A diamond

Question Answer E-300 QUESTION: What creates holes in Pumice (an igneous rock)? ANSWER: Trapped Air

Question Answer E-400 QUESTION: How are pyroclastic materials formed? ANSWER: Exploding out of a volcano

Question Answer E-500 QUESTION: What creates volcanic glass? ANSWER: Lava cooling instantly when it hits water

Question Answer FINAL JEOPARDY What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?