2. Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader? Rock and Mineral Edition

3. Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader? 1,000,000 5th Grade Topic 1 Rock Layers 5th Grade Topic 1 Rock Layers 5th Grade Topic 2 Rock Identification 4th Grade Topic 3 Analyzing Mineral Data 4th Grade Topic 3 Analyzing Mineral Data 4th Grade Topic 4 Analyzing Mineral Data 3rd Grade Topic 5 Rock Formation 3rd Grade Topic 5 Rock Formation 3rd Grade Topic 6 Rock Cycle 2nd Grade Topic 7 Mineral Hardness 2nd Grade Topic 7 Mineral Hardness 2nd Grade Topic 8 Rocks and Minerals 1st Grade Topic 9 Mineral Properties 1st Grade Topic 9 Mineral Properties 1st Grade Topic 10 Mineral Properties 500,000 300,000 175,000 100,000 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000

4. 5th Grade Topic 1 Question / What rock layer is the oldest? How do you know?

5. 5th Grade Topic 1 Answer / Layer 6. It is on the bottom. Return

6. 5th Grade Topic 2 Question / Miss Becky finds a white stone along a beach. What three things could she do to help identify it?

7. 5th Grade Topic 2 Answer Return 1.Hardness test 2.Acid reaction test 3.Streak test 4.Light refraction test 5.Color test 6.Transparency test 7.Crystal Shape

8. 4th Grade Topic 3 Question / Which property would not be helpful in identifying the minerals? WHY? LusterHardnessStreak Color FluoriteGlassy4White TopazGlassy8White TalcDull1White

9. 4th Grade Topic 3 Answer Return Streak Color- it will streak the same color for all three minerals.

10. 4th Grade Topic 4 Question / Which property would be the most helpful in telling Fluorite and Topaz apart? WHY? LusterHardnessStreak Color FluoriteGlassy4White TopazGlassy8White TalcDull1White

11. 4th Grade Topic 4 Answer Return Hardness The luster and streak color is the same. According to the chart, the only property that is different is hardness.

12. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Question / Name 3 words used to classify rocks based on how they were FORMED.

13. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer Return Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary

14. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Question / Which of the following does NOT describe the rock cycle. / A. How rocks are formed / B. How rocks and minerals are the same / C. How rocks change over time / D. How rocks are broken down. / Which of the following does NOT describe the rock cycle. / A. How rocks are formed / B. How rocks and minerals are the same / C. How rocks change over time / D. How rocks are broken down.

15. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer B. How rocks and minerals are the same.

16. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / Based on the table, which mineral is the hardest? LusterHardnessStreak Color FluoriteGlassy4White TopazGlassy8White TalcDull1White

17. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer Return Topaz- hardness of 8

18. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Question / What is the relationship between rocks and minerals? / A. Rocks and minerals are the same. / B. Minerals are made of rocks. / C. Rocks are made of minerals / D. Both B & C / What is the relationship between rocks and minerals? / A. Rocks and minerals are the same. / B. Minerals are made of rocks. / C. Rocks are made of minerals / D. Both B & C

19. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer Return C. Rocks are made of minerals.

20. 1st Grade Topic 9 Question / An example of a property of a mineral is______________. / A. How common it is. / B. How it reacts with acid. / C. How hard it is. / D. Both B & C / An example of a property of a mineral is______________. / A. How common it is. / B. How it reacts with acid. / C. How hard it is. / D. Both B & C

21. 1st Grade Topic 9 Answer Return D. Both A & B

22. 1st Grade Topic 10 Question / What do the properties of a mineral depend on? / A. The size / B. The shape / C. The type / D. The number / What do the properties of a mineral depend on? / A. The size / B. The shape / C. The type / D. The number

23. 1st Grade Topic 10 Answer Return C. The type

24. Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11 THE ROCK CYCLE

25. 1,000,000 Question / Describe the rock cycle. Be sure to mention the THREE rock types!!

26. 1,000,000 Answer / The rock cycle is where rocks break down and form new rocks over long periods of time. / Sedimentary: Rocks break into sediments and form layers that are pressed together. / Metamorphic: Rocks can become buried deep within the earth and change from heat and pressure. / Igneous: rocks melt, cool quickly and then harden again / The rock cycle is where rocks break down and form new rocks over long periods of time. / Sedimentary: Rocks break into sediments and form layers that are pressed together. / Metamorphic: Rocks can become buried deep within the earth and change from heat and pressure. / Igneous: rocks melt, cool quickly and then harden again Return

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