Name ____________________________________________________________ Grade 6 Period ______
Key Points - Geology Powerpoint Presentation
#1 What is the study of rocks minerals and the earth called?______________________________
#2 The process where rocks are formed, wear down and change is the ___________________
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#3 What are the THREE main types (categories) or groups of rocks?
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#4 Rocks formed by fire are called________________________________________________________
#5 The term for rocks that are naturally cemented together is ______________________________
#6 The term for the process when rocks are naturally cemented together is called
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#7 What type of rock is formed or “changed” by heat & pressure inside the earth?
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#8 A mineral could be defined as
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#9 An aggregate could be defined as
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#10 Explain the statement: “All rocks are minerals, but minerals are never rocks.”
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#11 What is York Springs named after?
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#12 What the term “unpalatable” mean?
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#13 The term crystal comes from the Greek word Krystallos which means:
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#14 What does the prefix “poly” in the term polyhedron mean?
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#15 What does the root word “edron” in the word polyhedron mean?
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#16 What are TWO commercial uses for sulphur?
1) ________________________________________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________________________________________
#17 TWO – THIRDS of Adams county is made up of these two sedimentary rocks
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#18 The “Mesozoic” Era is a period of time that is divided into 3 “smaller” periods of time.
These “smaller” periods of time of include:
the ____________________________________________________ Period (245-208 Million Years Ago)
the ____________________________________________________ Period (208-146 Million Years Ago)
the ____________________________________________________Period (146-65 Million Years Ago)
#19 Sandstone is mostly made up of __________________________________________________
#20 TWO uses of sandstone are:
1) ________________________________________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________________________________________
#21 What is a "hoodoo" ? _____________________________________________________________
#22 In what state is Arches National Park located? _____________________________________
#23 Shale is mostly formed from __________________________ and _________________________
#24 Limestone is mostly calcium and formed from _______________________________________
#25 The great pyramids in _________________ are made of _________________________________
#26 What Planet is called the "Red Planet" and why? ______________________________________
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#27 What is an "outcropping"? ___________________________________________________________
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# 28 Layers of rock are called ____________________________________________________________
# 29 Marble is the metamorphic form of __________________________________________________
# 30 What category of rock is "schist"? ____________________________________________________
# 31 What category of rock is "gneiss"? ___________________________________________________
#32 What is "mica"? _____________________________________________________________________
#33 Quartzite is the metamorphic form of _________________________________________________
#34 TWO uses for quartzite are:
1) ________________________________________________________________________________
2) ________________________________________________________________________________
#35 Where is the Red Hill Outcrop? ___________________________________________________
#36 How long ago do the fossils at the Red Hill Outcrop date back to? ____________________
#37 What was this area during the Devonian Period? ____________________________________
#38 What are tetrapods ? _______________________________________________________________
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What is the Latin version of tetrapod? ________________________________________________
#40 List two examples of tetrapods:
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2) ________________________________________________________________________________
#41
What does bipedalism mean? ____________________________________________________
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#42 Why do you think there are not really many igneous rocks commonly found in
Pennsylvania? ________________________________________________________________________
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#43 How many different types of minerals have been found in Pennsylvania? ______________
#44 What type of rocks are the "Ringing Rocks" and why do some of them ring like a bell?
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#45 Where in the world is the "Giant's Causway" and what type of rocks make up this unique
geologic feature? _____________________________________________________________________
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#46 Where in the world are the "White Cliffs of Dover" what are they made of and how
was this geologic feature formed? ______________________________________________________
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