1. Rocks Jeopardy
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Cycle and More
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3. A-100
ANSWER: Igneous rocks form from this?
QUESTION: lava or magma

4. A-200
ANSWER: Name one igneous rock
QUESTION:

5. A-300
ANSWER: You find an igneous rock with fine grained crystals. Where did it form?
QUESTION: On the surface of the Earth,
extrusive

6. A-400
ANSWER: What is the main difference between mafic and felsic igneous rocks?
QUESTION: Color, felsic are light colored and mafic are dark colored.

7. A-500
ANSWER: Igneous rocks that have large crystals cooled either slowly or quickly, and either above ground or below ground. Choose!!!
QUESTION: slowly, below ground

8. B-100 ANSWER: Describe what sediment is..
QUESTION: Broken pieces of rock, dirt, silt, etc.

9. B-200
ANSWER: What two things must happen to sediment to form into a sedimentary rock?
QUESTION: Get compacted and cemented together

10. B-300
ANSWER: Within 5%, how much of the Earth’s crust is covered by sediments and sedimentary rock?
QUESTION: 80%

11. B-400
ANSWER: There are three main types of sedimentary rocks. Name one type….
QUESTION: Clastic, organic or chemical.

12. B-500
ANSWER: Define weathering and give two examples of causes of weathering on the surface of the Earth.
QUESTION: Weathering is the breakdown of rock. Two examples could be wind, water or heat.

13. C-100
ANSWER: What two processes will change a rock into a metamorphic rock?
QUESTION: Heat and Pressure

14. C-200 ANSWER: The word foliated in metamorphic rock means what?
QUESTION: The rock has layers or bands of minerals.

15. C-300
ANSWER: What is the nickname for metamorphic rocks. It comes from a Disney movie.
QUESTION: The cinderella rock

16. C-400 ANSWER: Name the 2 types of metamorphism that can occur.
QUESTION: Regional and Contact

17. C-500 ANSWER: The word metamorphic means ____________
QUESTION: To Change Form

18. D-100 ANSWER: Define the rock cycle.
QUESTION: The cycling of rock from one form to another, or the recycling of Earth’s material.

19. D-200
ANSWER: What type of rock is the original/first rock on the Earth?
QUESTION: Igneous

20. D-300 ANSWER: Why do fossils only form in sedimentary rocks?
QUESTION: Too much heat and or pressure in igneous and metamorphic.

21. D-400
ANSWER: Limestone will undergo metamorphism to turn into this rock???
QUESTION: Marble

22. D-500
ANSWER: Name four process that must happen to a rock to become sediment, then possible form into a sedimentary rock.
QUESTION: weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, compaction, cementation

23. E-100
ANSWER: How many stars are in our solar system?
QUESTION: One

24. E-200
ANSWER: Name the theory that describes the origin of our universe?
QUESTION: Big Bang

25. E-300
ANSWER: Name the point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
QUESTION: epicenter

26. E-400 ANSWER: Name the three types of plate boundaries
QUESTION: Convergent, Divergent, Transform

27. E-500
ANSWER: Which type of star is our Sun?
QUESTION: Main Sequence

28. FINAL JEOPARDY
ANSWER: Name one igneous, one sedimentary and one metamorphic rock.
QUESTION: