Transcript Solid Earth GAME - Ceres Unified School District

The Solid Earth
Game
Types of Rocks
Identification of
Rocks
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Grab Bag
What material forms when
melted, or molten, rock cools
and hardens?
Answer
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granite
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Igneous rock forms when
melted, or molten, rock
cools and hardens.
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obsidian
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What material forms when
existing rocks are changed by
heat, pressure, or chemicals
beneath the Earth’s surface?
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marble
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Metamorphic rock forms
when existing rocks are
changed by heat, pressure,
or chemicals beneath the
Earth’s surface.
gneiss
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What material forms when sand,
particles of rock, bits of soil, and
remains of once-living organisms
are pressed together and
harden?
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Sedimentary rock forms
when sand, particles of
rock, bits of soil, and
remains of once-living
things are pressed together
and harden?
What word means molten rock
beneath Earth’s surface?
Extra credit:
What is molten
rock called when it
reaches the
surface?
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Magma means molten rock
beneath Earth’s surface.
Extra credit:
What is molten
rock called when it
reaches the
surface?
Lava
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Any type of rock-metamorphic,
igneous, sedimentary-can change
into any other type of rock. The
continuous series of changes that
rocks undergo is called ________.
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Any type of rock- igneous, metamorphic,
sedimentary-can change into any other
type of rock. The continuous series of
changes that rocks undergo is called the
Rock Cycle.
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A student is trying to identify a mineral
that has a nonmetallic luster and is
black. It can also be scratched with a
fingernail. According to the mineral
reference sheet, the unidentified mineral
is most likely:
A. Mica
B. Magnetite
C. Hornblende
D. Quartz
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A student is trying to identify a
mineral that has a nonmetallic luster
and is black. It can also be
scratched with a fingernail.
According to the mineral reference
sheet, the unidentified mineral is
most likely:
A. Mica
B. Magnetite
C. Hornblende
D. Quartz
A student is trying to identify a mineral
that has a nonmetallic luster and is rose.
It does not leave a streak. It could not
be scratched with a steel file. According
to the mineral reference sheet, the
unidentified mineral is most likely:
A. Mica
B. Magnetite
C. Hornblende
Answer
D. Quartz
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A student is trying to identify a
mineral that has a nonmetallic
luster and is rose. It does not leave
a streak. It could not be scratched
with a steel file. According to the
mineral reference sheet, the
unidentified mineral is most likely:
A. Mica
B. Magnetite
C. Hornblende
D. Quartz
A student is trying to identify a mineral
that has a metallic luster and is black. It
can also be scratched with a steel file
and is magnetic. According to the
mineral reference sheet, the unidentified
mineral is most likely:
A. Mica
B. Magnetite
C. Hornblende
D. Quartz
Answer
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A student is trying to identify a
mineral that has a metallic luster
and is black. It can also be
scratched with a steel file and is
magnetic. According to the mineral
reference sheet, the unidentified
mineral is most likely:
A. Mica
B. Magnetite
C. Hornblende
D. Quartz
A student is trying to identify a mineral
that has a metallic luster and is brassy
yellow. It can also be scratched with a
steel file. It leaves a greenish black
streak. According to the mineral
reference sheet, the unidentified mineral
is most likely:
A. Feldspar
B. Gold
Answer
C. Pyrite
D. Talc
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A student is trying to identify a
mineral that has a metallic luster
and is brassy yellow. It can also be
scratched with a steel file. It leaves
a greenish black streak. According
to the mineral reference sheet, the
unidentified mineral is most likely:
A. Feldspar
B. Gold
C. Pyrite
D. Talc
A student is trying to identify a mineral
that has a metallic luster and is yellow.
It can also be scratched with a copper
penny and leaves a golden yellow
streak. According to the mineral
reference sheet, the unidentified mineral
is most likely:
A. Feldspar
B. Gold
Answer
C. Pyrite
D. Talc
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A student is trying to identify a
mineral that has a metallic luster
and is yellow. It can also be
scratched with a copper penny and
leaves a golden yellow streak.
According to the mineral reference
sheet, the unidentified mineral is
most likely:
A. Feldspar
B. Gold
C. Pyrite
D. Talc
How do plants most commonly
break large rocks into smaller
pieces?
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Plant roots
grow into
cracks in rocks
breaking large
rocks into
smaller pieces
causing
weathering.
What word means the process
which shaped this canyon?
Extra Credit:
What substance
caused this
canyon?
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Erosion is the process
which shaped this canyon.
Extra Credit:
What substance caused this
canyon?
water
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What word means the dropping of
sediment moved by water, wind
and ice?
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Deposition is the dropping
of sediment moved by
water, wind and ice.
What word means the natural
substance that leaves a moraine
behind?
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A glacier is the natural
substance that leaves a
moraine behind.
What word means the large mass
of sediment deposited at the
mouth of a river?
Extra Credit:
Can you identify this river and
bay?
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A delta is the large mass of
sediment deposited at the
mouth of a river.
Extra Credit:
This is the
San Joaquin River Delta
and the
San Francisco Bay
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Directions for Final Jeopardy:
1.Decide how much you will wager. It can be
from 0 to your total amount of points.
2.Write that amount in the bottom center of the
white board.
3.Remember to write your response in the style
that the teacher requires.
4.Turn the white board face down on the desk
and prepare to display your work on the
teacher’s signal.
5.Good Luck
Draw and Label Earth’s layers, remember there are
four main layers.
Click the
speaker to
start timer
Answer
Draw and Label Earth’s layers, remember there are
four main layers.
This PowerPoint was made by
Kim Richter
Coach
Ceres Unified School District
Please feel free to modify for your class.
DON’T Print pages 43-47 to use as a word bank when
playing this game.
Use your science program vocabulary cards, *words are
included in the 4th grade materials. Other vocab cards I
have made for you.
Solid Earth Word Bank
*rock cycle
*sedimentary rock
*metamorphic rock
*igneous rock
*magma
*luster
*glacier
*nonmetallic mineral
*lava
*streak
*hardness
*metallic mineral
*sediment
*deposition
*erosion
*delta