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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Rocks

A solid nonliving material that has a definite chemical makeup and is found in rocks. A rock can contain one or more than one of these.

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Minerals

$200 Question from Rocks

Which of these is NOT a type of rock? * Igneous * Sedimentary * Cement * Metamorphic

$200 Answer from Rocks

Cement

$300 Question from Rocks

What is the continuous series of changes that rocks undergo.

* Rock Circle * Rock Cycle * Rock Transition

$300 Answer from Rocks

Rock Cycle

$400 Question from Rocks

A rock sample has grains that are flat and form long bands. What inference can you make about what type of rock the sample is?

* Metamorphic due to the heat and pressure * Igneous due to the cooled molten rock * Sedimentary due to the sand and bits of soil.

$400 Answer from Rocks

Metamorphic due to heat and pressure

$500 Question from Rocks

All rocks are made up of one or more______. * metals * crystals * minerals

$500 Answer from H1

minerals

$100 Question from Minerals

A mineral that is dull and glassy has _________.

* metallic luster * streak * non-metallic luster

$100 Answer from minerals

Non-metallic luster

$200 Question from Minerals

A mineral that is shiny like a metal has a ________: * non-metallic luster * golden luster * metallic luster

$200 Answer from minerals

Metallic luster

$300 Question from Minerals

Describe a plan that you could carry out to identify a set of unknown minerals. * You could try and break it into * You could look at it with a magn- ifying lens * You could use the Table of Mineral Properties

$300 Answer from Minerals

Table of Mineral Properties

$400 Question from Minerals

Which of these minerals might you see in jewelry? * talc * gold * feldspar

$400 Answer from Minerals

gold

$500 Question from Minerals

Which of these minerals might you see in the use of plumbing pipes? * calcite * talc * copper

$500 Answer from Minerals

copper

$100 Question from Properties

Which of the following is NOT a property? * luster * streak * hardness * talc

$100 Answer from Properties

talc

$200 Question from Properties

The way a mineral shines is its ________. * cleavage * luster * streak

$200 Answer from Properties

luster

$300 Question from Properties

A minerals tendency to split along flat surfaces is __________.

$300 Answer from Properties

cleavage

$400 Question from Properties

Name all 4 properties of rocks.

$400 Answer from Properties

• Luster• Color/Streak• Hardness• Cleavage

$500 Question from Properties

Which property helps you to decide if a mineral is nonmetallic or metallic?• luster•cleavage•hardness•color

$500 Answer from Properties

luster

$100 Question from Earth

The color of a mineral when it is ground into a powder is…•hardness•Texture• streak•cleavage

$100 Answer from Earth

streak

$200 Question from Earth

All rocks are made up of one or more •metals•minerals•Once-living things•crystals

$200 Answer from Earth

minerals

$300 Question from Earth

Which would most likely contain the most humus?•bedrock• topsoil• subsoil• sand

$300 Answer from Earth

topsoil

$400 Question from Earth

Underground caves are produced by the action of

•glaciers•wind•Acid rain•Plant roots

$400 Answer from Earth

Acid rain

$500 Question from Earth

A fossil imprint of an animal that lived long ago is not likely to give us clues about that animal’s• shape• Color• size• weight

$500 Answer from Earth

color

$100 Question from Earth

Most plants grow best in soil that contains a lot of • sand •bedrock •humus

$100 Answer from Earth

humus

$200 Question from Earth

To learn about the diet of an animal from the past, a fossil tooth would be studied by a •dentist •paleontologist •ecologist

$200 Answer from Earth

paleontologist

$300 Question from Earth

Name the soil types from smallest to largest particles.

•clay soil• sandy soil •Silt soil

$300 Answer from Earth

Clay,silt,sand

$400 Question from EarthTwo fossils are found near each other in a cold mountain region. One is of a shellfish, the other is of a palm tree. What can you infer about the environment which these organisms lived?

$400 Answer from Earth

It was once a warm, tropical region with water.

$500 Question from Earth

Suppose you find an insect encased in a hard, yellowish material. Have you found a fossil? Explain

$500 Answer from Earth

A fossil of an insect preserved in amber.

Final Jeopardy

The force that causes a glacier to move downhill is

Final Jeopardy Answer

gravity