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Science Jeopardy
Minerals
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©Norman Herr, 2003
A-100
• Question: True or False, Minerals are solid.
• ANSWER: True
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A-200
• QUESTION: What characteristic is the
ability to reflect light?
• ANSWER: Luster
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A-300
• QUESTION: What is the difference
between cleavage and fracture?
• ANSWER: Cleavage breaks in even
patterns, fracture shatters unevenly
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A-400
• QUESTION: What is the colored powder
left behind from a mineral called?
• ANSWER: Streak
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A-500
• QUESTION: What scale is used to tell a
mineral’s hardness?
• ANSWER: Moh’s Scale
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B-100
• QUESTION: What creates igneous
rocks?
• ANSWER: Magma and Lava
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B-200
• QUESTION: Where can you find an
igneous rock in the United States?
• ANSWER: Hawaii
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B-300
• QUESTION: What is a characteristic of
a FELSIC rock?
• ANSWER: Light color
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B-400
• QUESTION: What size would crystals be
if a rock cooled very quickly?
• ANSWER: Small
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B-500
• QUESTION: Name a specific Igneous
Rock.
• ANSWER: Granite, Gabbro, Basalt,
Rhyolite
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C-100
• QUESTION: Where do we usually find
sedimentary rocks?
• ANSWER: Near water
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C-200
• QUESTION: What can sedimentary
rocks have that most other rocks cannot?
• ANSWER: Fossils
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C-300
• QUESTION: What makes up
sedimentary rocks?
• ANSWER: Broken pieces of other rocks,
sediments
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C-400
• QUESTION: What are the two types of
textures in sedimentary rocks?
• ANSWER: Clastic and Crystaline
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C-500
• QUESTION: What is stratification?
• ANSWER: The layering of sediments to
make up a rock
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D-100
• QUESTION: What does Metamorphism
mean?
• ANSWER: To change form
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D-200
• QUESTION: What two factors change
Igneous and Sedimentary rocks into
Metamorphic rocks?
• ANSWER: Heat and Pressure
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D-300
• QUESTION: What is the difference
between foliated and non foliated rocks?
• ANSWER: Foliated rocks have distinct
bands or layers. Non-Foliated do not
have specific layers
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D-400
• QUESTION: What are the three types of
Metamorphism?
• ANSWER: Regional, Contact and
Dynamic
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D-500
• QUESTION: What is schist and where
can we find it?
• ANSWER: A shiny metamorphic rock
found in Central Park
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E-100
• QUESTION: Name one mineral
characteristic.
• ANSWER: Luster, Cleavage, Fracture,
Color, Hardness, Streak, Crystal Shape,
Density, Special Properties.
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E-200
• QUESTION: What is the hardest
mineral?
• ANSWER: A diamond
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E-300
• QUESTION: What creates holes in
Pumice (an igneous rock)?
• ANSWER: Trapped Air
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E-400
• QUESTION: How are pyroclastic
materials formed?
• ANSWER: Exploding out of a volcano
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E-500
• QUESTION: What creates volcanic glass?
• ANSWER: Lava cooling instantly when it
hits water
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FINAL JEOPARDY
What is the difference between
a rock and a mineral?
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