Name That Rock!
Directions: 1. Study the 10 Rocks below.
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2. Study the clues.
3. Name that rock.
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Most common mineral
Used in clocks and watches
Hardness of 7
Quartz
Calcite
Pyrite
2
Metamorphic Rock
Is Foliated
Resembles Granite
Slate
Gneiss
Marble
3
Mineral
Hardness of 1
Used in baby powder
Gypsum
Calcite
Talc
4
Mineral
Hardness of 3
Used in cement
Gypsum
Calcite
Feldspar
5
Sedimentary Rock
Can contain fossils
Color ranges from white to gray
Limestone
Sandstone
Shale
6
Sedimentary Rock
Usually made of quartz
Visible layers
Conglomerate
Shale
Sandstone
7
Metamorphic Rock
Non-foliated
Used in building the Taj Mahal
Slate
Quartzite
Marble
8
Igneous Rock
Looks like glass
Comes from volcanoes
Basalt
Obsidian
Scoria
9
Igneous Rock
Large crystals
Used in Buildings and Monuments
Granite
Scoria
Pumice
10
Metamorphic Rock
Non-foliated
Made from sandstone
Slate
Pumice
Quartzite
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2. A hard material that is made up of
one or more minerals.
3. A metamorphic rock that does not
appear to be layered.
5. How a mineral breaks apart when a
tool, such as a hammer, is used to
break it. A mineral that exhibits this
will break into smooth pieces.
7. The process in which magma cools
and hardens into rock.
9. When a mineral is ground into
powder, this is the color of the
powder. Sometimes this powder is
not the same color as the original
mineral.
10.Rock made of bits of sedimentary
material that was compacted in
layers. (2 words)
11.A metamorphic rock that has visible
layers or bands.
14.The changing and evolution of rocks
from one type of rock to another
that takes place over time. (2 words)
16.Rock formed by the cooling of
molten magma or from lava.
1. The resistance a mineral has to being
scratched.
4. Packed down, as in sediment that
becomes rock.
6. A rock that is formed by adding heat,
pressure, or chemicals to another
rock.
8. A nonliving, solid material that was
formed in nature and has particles
arranged in a repeating pattern.
9. A type of rock that forms at Earth's
surface. This rock may form from
material that has been squeezed
together or it may form from the
material that is left after the
evaporation of water.
12.The formation of large rocks from
particles of sediment that occurs as
pressure is applied.
13.A property of minerals that is used
to describe how a mineral reflects
light.
15.A type of physical weathering in
which rocks are gradually worn
down.
17.A scientist who studies the earth.
18.The process in which moving
sedimentary material slows down, or
from ice that melts.
Igneous
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Erosion
Sedimentary
Clastic Rock
Hardness
Rock
Cementation
Metamorphic
Rock Cycle
Deposition
Geologist
Foliated
Non-foliated
Crystallization
Luster
Compacted
Streak
Cleavage
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6 - rock
5 - lava
1 - magma
3 - basalt
10 - sediments
4 - slate
2 - limestone
9 - igneous
11 - sedimentary
7 - metamorphic
12 - compaction
8 - cementation
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Name: _________________________________ Date: __________
Rocks and Minerals Worksheet
Use the following words:
_____ rock
1) melted rock beneath the earth's surface
_____ lava
2) example of sedimentary rock
_____ magma
3) example of igneous rock
_____ basalt
4) example of metamorphic rock
_____ sediments
5) melted rock above the earth's surface
_____ slate
6) a solid material made up of minerals
_____ limestone
7) rocks that form under pressure and heat within the earth
_____ igneous
8) causes sediments to stick together
_____ sedimentary
9) a rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens
_____ metamorphic 10) tiny pieces of rock
_____ compaction
11) rocks that form from sediments
_____ cementation
12) presses sediments together