Transcript Jeopardy - Effingham County Schools

Jeopardy
Rocks
Sedimentary
Igneous Metamorphic
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Final Jeopardy
Misc.
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Rocks that have been changed by intense heat
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Metamorphic Rocks
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Rocks are always in what state of matter?
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What is a solid?
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The most common type of rock on Earth’s
surface is_______________________.
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What is Sedimentary?
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Rocks that form when layers of sand, silt, clay
and mud are pressed and cemented together
are called ________________________.
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What are Sedimentary?
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Igneous rocks that are high in silica are _______
in color.
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What is light?
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An imprint of an ancient plant preserved in rock.
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What is a fossil?
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Small pieces of rock, mud, sand, clay and silt
that are carried by water from one place to
another.
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What are sediments?
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Made up of pieces of older rock that are pressed
or cemented together.
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What are sedimentary rock?
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Granite, Gneiss, Shale
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What is Shale?
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Basalt, Sandstone, Slate, Pumice
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What is sandstone?
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Molten rock that has cooled and become solid
beneath Earth’s surface
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What is intrusive igneous rock?
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Melted rock cooled very quickly. Where would it
most likely have been located when it cooled?
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What is on top of Earth’s surface?
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Most igneous rocks form by this process
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What is melting and solidification?
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Limestone, Obsidian, Quartzite, Shale
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What is Obsidian?
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An arrangement of minerals in flat or parallel
bands
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What is foliation?
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In order to change rocks into metamorphic,
what 2 processes must take place?
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What is heat and pressure?
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What is Gneiss?
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Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
have this in common.
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What are minerals?
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Name
Foliation
Parent rock
Phyllite
Foliated
Slate
Marble
Non-foliated
Limestone
You find a metamorphic rock whose parent rock
was limestone. What would your rock be?
What is marble?
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Used to describe a minerals hardness
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What is Mohs scale?
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Forms as rock melts
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What is magma?
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A rock may contain no minerals. True or False
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What is True?
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Has no beginning or end but moves through the
cycle.
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What is the rock cycle?
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The peeling of Muscovite mica into thin flat
sheets
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What is cleavage?
Final Jeopardy
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Identify the series of geologic processes that can
transform sediment into shale, shale into slate,
and slate into magma.
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What are compacting and cementing, heat and
pressure, and melting?