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Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

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Page 1: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

Rocks & Minerals

Review Game

Page 2: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

Page 3: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

2) Why are bricks not minerals?They are not naturally occurring- man made

Page 4: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

3) Minerals are inorganic because they can’t be made from once living material.

Page 5: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

4) If one mineral scratches another, what can you infer about that mineral? It is harder

Page 6: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

5) A person that searches for ore is a ___prospector_____ and a person that digs them up is a _______miner______ .

Page 7: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

6) Describe a strip mine.Layers of the land are scraped away to expose the ore.

Page 8: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

7) Describe a shaft mine.Series of tunnels that follow the ore.

Page 9: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

8) What is the purpose of making alloys?To make the metal better.

Page 10: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

9) Are rocks limited in which ways they move through the rock cycle?No- they can take any path.

Page 11: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

10) If an igneous rock cools quickly, what kind of grains will it have? Small or fine grains

Page 12: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

11) The most abundant intrusive igneous rock is ____Granite_____ , and the most abundant extrusive igneous rock is __________Basalt___ .

Page 13: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

12) What happens when rock fragments go through abrasion?One or both rocks are scratched by rubbing together.

Page 14: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

13) Describe ice wedging.Water freezes in a crack and expands the crack.

Page 15: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

14) The largest soil particle is ____Gravel________ and the smallest is _______clay___ .

Page 16: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

15) What is found in the “A” horizon of soil?Humus and rock fragments

Page 17: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

16) Describe an organic rock.Was formed by the remains of a living organism.

Page 18: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

17) Where does the heat that helps change metamorphic rocks come from?Mantle or core

Page 19: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

18) Describe a foliated metamorphic rock.Has parallel bands

Page 20: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

19) What is humus?Decaying organic matter

Page 21: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

20) What does it mean when the soil is permeable?It will drain well

Page 22: Rocks & Minerals Review Game. 1) A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with crystal structure, and chemical composition.

21) The amount of space between soil particles is called ____porosity_______.