Exploring Rocks and Minerals: A Fun Learning Activity

1. Bedrowsky’s Shoot the “Rock” SOL 5.7 Rocks and Minerals

2. Hoops Vocab Rocks Mohs Models Minerals Q 1 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 5 pt. Buzzer Shot

3. Hoops Vocab Rocks Mohs Models Minerals Q 1 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 1 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 2 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 3 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 4 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 5 pt. Q 5 pt. Buzzer Shot

4. 1 pt. Question from Vocabulary • What describes how the surface looks as you reflect light from it? • A. streak • B. luster • C. hardness • D. texture

5. 1pt. Answer from Vocabulary B. luster

6. 2 pt. Question from Vocabulary • What describes a mineral’s ability to resist scratches? • A. streak • B. luster • C. hardness • D. texture

7. 2 pt. Answer from Vocabulary C. hardness

8. 3 pt. Question from Vocabulary • What describes the powder left behind as you rub the mineral against a white tile? • A. streak • B. luster • C. hardness • D. texture

9. 3 pt. Answer from Vocabulary A. streak

10. 4 pt. Question from Vocabulary • What is a natural solid that has its particles arranged in a crystal pattern? • A. rock • B. mineral • C. rock cycle • D. crust

11. 4 pt. Answer from Vocabulary B. mineral

12. 5 pt. Question from Vocabulary • What is the Earth’s pattern of slow change in rocks from one type to another? • A. igneous rock • B. sedimentary rock • C. water cycle • D. rock cycle

13. 5 pt. Answer from Vocabulary D. rock cycle

14. 1 pt. Question from Rocks • What type of rock forms when rock pieces are deposited over time are compacted and cemented together? • A. igneous rock • B. sedimentary rock • C. metamorphic rock • D. mineral

15. 1 pt. Answer from Rocks B. Sedimentary rock

16. 2 pt. Question from Rocks • What type of rock has been changed by high heat and pressure? • A. igneous rock • B. sedimentary rock • C. metamorphic rock • D. mineral

17. 2 pt. Answer from Rocks C. Metamorphic rock

18. 3 pt. Question from Rocks • What type of rock forms when melted rock hardens? • A. igneous rock • B. sedimentary rock • C. metamorphic rock • D. mineral

19. 3 pt. Answer from Rocks A. Igneous rock

20. 4 pt. Question from Rocks • What type of rock can show evidence of fossils, like seashells being inside? • A. igneous rock • B. sedimentary rock • C. metamorphic rock • D. mineral

21. 4 pt. Answer from Rocks B. Sedimentary rock

22. 5 pt. Question from Rocks • What makes a rock different from a mineral? • A. Rocks are made from the Earth; minerals are not • B. Minerals are made from rocks; rocks are not made of minerals • C. Rocks are made from minerals; minerals are not made of rocks • D. Minerals form from the rock cycle; rock do not

23. 5 pt. Answer from Rocks C.Rocks are made from minerals; minerals are not made of rocks

24. 1 pt. Question from Mohs • What mineral will be scratched by a fingernail? • A. Gypsum • B. Fluorite • C. Diamond • D. Quartz

25. 1 pt. Answer from Mohs A. Gypsum

26. 2 pt. Question from Mohs • What mineral will not be scratched by a Feldspar? • A. Gypsum • B. Fluorite • C. Apatite • D. Quartz

27. 2 pt. Answer from Mohs D. Quartz

28. 3 pt. Question from Mohs • What mineral will scratch Topaz? • A. Gypsum • B. Fluorite • C. Corundum • D. Quartz

29. 3 pt. Answer from Mohs C. Corundum

30. 4 pt. Question from Mohs • What mineral will cut glass? • A. Gypsum • B. Fluorite • C. Talc • D. Quartz

31. 4 pt. Answer from Mohs D. Quartz

32. 5 pt. Question from Mohs • What mineral is only ½ of a point harder on the scale than a steel knife? • A. Apatite • B. Fluorite • C. Feldspar • D. Quartz

33. 5 pt. Answer from Mohs C. Feldspar

34. 1 pt. Question from Models • What model would show how an igneous rock changes to a sedimentary rock? • A. An eraser rubbed on paper • B. Graham crackers mixed with melted butter and pressed into a crust • C. Cookie dough flattened and baked • D. Chocolate chip cookies and milk melted and cooled

35. 1 pt. Answer from Models B. Graham crackers

36. 2 pt. Question from Models • What model would show how metamorphic rock form? • A. An eraser rubbed on paper • B. Graham crackers mixed with melted butter and pressed into a crust • C. Cookie chip dough flattened and baked • D. Chocolate chip cookies and milk melted and cooled

37. 2 pt. Answer from Models D. Chocolate Chip cookie dough flattened and baked

38. 3 pt. Question from Models • What happens to fossils in metamorphic and igneous rocks? • A. They don’t exist • B. Disappear • C. Escape • D. Melts into the rock

39. 3 pt. Answer from Models D. Melts into the rock

40. 4 pt. Question from Models • What type of mineral is lighter than obsidian and makes it float in water? • A. granite • B. quartz • C. pumice • D. diamond

41. 4 pt. Answer from Models C. pumice

42. 5 pt. Question from Models • What is the mineral name for salt? • A. how’s that light • B. haa haa light • C. halite • D. haloite

43. 5 pt. Answer from Models C. halite

44. 1 pt. Question from Minerals • A. Fluorite • B. Obsidian • C. Quartz • D. Talc

45. 1 pt. Answer from Minerals • A. Fluorite

46. 2 pt. Question from Minerals • A. Fluorite • B. Obsidian • C. Quartz • D. Granite

47. 2 pt. Answer from Minerals • B. Obsidian

48. 3 pt. Question from Minerals • A. Fluorite • B. Diamond • C. Quartz • D. Sapphire

49. 3 pt. Answer from Minerals B. Diamond

50. 4 pt. Question from Minerals • A. Fluorite • B. Diamond • C. Quartz • D. Sapphire