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2. 1 - $100 What is the difference between cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage – splits easily along flat surfaces.
Fracture – breaks apart in an irregular way.

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What is the difference in crystallization when it is cooled slowly and quickly?
Slow cooling results in larger crystals while fast cooling results in smaller crystals.

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What are three ways that crystallization can occur to form crystals?
Organic Processes
Evaporation of solutions
Cooling of magma/lava

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List 4 of the many special properties that can be used to identify minerals.
Bends light
Conducts electricity
Glow under ultraviolet light
Magnetic

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List the 5 characteristics a substance must have in order to be classified as a mineral?
Naturally occurring, Solid, Crystal Structure, Forms by Inorganic Processes, and has a definite chemical composition.

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What is sedimentary rock formed from – vocabulary term and definition?
Sedimentary rocks form from a buildup of sediment, which are small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.

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What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Weathering refers to forces that break the rocks while erosion refers to the forces that carry away the broken pieces.

9. 2 - $300 What are the three major groups of sedimentary rocks?
Clastic, Organic, and chemical.

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Provide two examples of organic rocks.
Coal
Limestone

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List the 5 sequence of processes that most sedimentary rocks are formed from.
Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.

12. 3 - $100 What are igneous rocks formed from?
Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling of magma/lava.

13. 3 - $200 What is the difference between intrusive and extrusive rocks?
Intrusive – magma hardened beneath the surface of the Earth.
Extrusive – magma hardened above the earth’s surface.

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What are three characteristics used to classify igneous rocks?
Origin
Texture
Composition

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List and describe the three types of textures that are used to describe igneous rocks.
Coarse grained – large crystals
Fine grained – small crystals
No grain/glassy – no crystals

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Granite’s color is dependent on the amount of each type of mineral in the rock. What are 4 minerals that make up granite?
Feldspar
Hornblende
Quartz
Mica

17. 4 - $100 What can metamorphic rocks be formed from?
Metamorphic rock can be formed from any type of rock including itself.

18. Daily Double!!! - $200 How do geologists classify metamorphic rocks?
According to the arrangement of the grains making up the rocks.

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What are three ways or combinations in which metamorphic rock can be formed?
Heat, pressure, or both.

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What are the two classifications of metamorphic rocks? Provide the term and definition for each.
Foliated – thin, flat layering.
Nonfoliated – randomly arranged grains.

21. 4 - $500 What metamorphic rocks are formed from shale and granite?
Shale becomes slate and granite becomes gneiss.

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The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with what?
Melting

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What can turn igneous rock into sediment?
Weathering

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What type of rock might you find along mid-ocean ridges or volcanoes?
Igneous Rocks

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What type of force could produce the anticlines and synclines seen in some metamorphic rocks?
Pressure from converging plates.

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What type of rocks might we find along areas where streams and rivers open towards a large body of river?
Sedimentary Rocks

27. Final Jeopardy
Rank the following by it’s hardness with the first being the softest and the last being the hardest:
Fluorite
Corundum
Streak Plate
Talc
Calcite
Talc (1), calcite (3), fluorite (4), streak plate (7), corundum (9)