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3. A scientist who studies rocks and minerals to find new uses for them and to learn more about the Earth’s history.

4. What is a geologist?

5. All rocks are made of…

6. What is minerals?

7. The breaking down and wearing down of rocks into pieces or sediments is called:

8. What is Weathering?

9. Movement of Earth’s crustal plates can produce ____

10. What are earthquakes?

11. This layer of the Earth is made mostly of molten rock

12. What is the mantle ?

13. “layered rock” This type of rock is formed by layers of sediments pressed and cemented together. Fossils can be found is this kind of rock.

14. What is Sedimentary rock?

15. You would find the oldest rocks in this layer of sedimentary rock. (top, middle, or bottom)

16. What is the bottom layer?

17. The moving of rocks and sediments.

18. What is erosion ?

19. I have a hardness of 10, I am the hardest natural substance on Earth.

20. What is diamond? Ekati diamond mine in Canada.

21. The electricity test is performed to discover if this substance is present in a rock

22. What is metal?

23. This test can show a chemical reaction when testing rocks and minerals.

24. What is the acid test?

25. This part of the Earth is made of solid nickel and iron

26. What is the inner core ?

27. This type of rock is made from cooled magma or lava

28. What is igneous rock ?

29. This part of the Earth is made of molten metals: nickel and iron.

30. What is the outer core?

31. The Earth’s atmosphere is composed mostly of these two gases.

32. What is Nitrogen and Oxygen ?

33. The Earth’s crust is not one solid piece of rock, it is made of many pieces called plates. What causes mountains to form?

34. What is the the collision of crustal plates? Grand Teton National Park Wyoming

35. To observe a mineral’s true color you need to perform this test.

36. What is the streak test?

37. Rocks are classified as igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary according to…

38. What is How they formed ?

39. All of Earth’s water: oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers is called

40. What is the hydrosphere ?

41. This test is done to identify the resistance of a rock or mineral’s surface to scratching.

42. What is the hardness test ?

43. What processes are needed to form metamorphic rock?

44. What is Heat, pressure, metamorphism ?

45. When magma or lava cools and hardens it forms this kind of rock.

46. What is Igneous rock?

47. The picking up and carrying away of weathered rock pieces

48. What is erosion?

49. Animals or plants preserved in sedimentary rock Daily Double How much would you like to wager?

50. What are fossils ? Fossils give clues to Earth’s past.

51. This property describes how a rock or mineral reflects light…if it is shiny or dull

52. What is luster?