Rocks and Minerals Scavenger Hunt

TASK #1

Directions: Look up the answers to the following questions using the websites listed. You may have to read parts of the website to find the answers. Record your answers on your paper.

1. What is a mineral?
https://www.windows2universe.org/?page=/earth/geology/min_intro.html

2. Name four physical properties of minerals.
https://kidsloverocks.com/the-physical-properties-of-minerals

3. According to Moh’s hardness scale, what is the hardest mineral?
http://www.kidsloverocks.com/hardness

4. What are three uses for minerals?
https://uwaterloo.ca/earth-sciences-museum/resources/just-kids/minerals-kids

5. What are the three basic types of rocks?
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/rocktypes.html

6. What can igneous rock turn into during the rock cycle?
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html

7. How does each of the three rock types form?
https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/types.html

8. Name one type of Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic rock.
http://geology.com/rocks/sedimentary-rocks.shtml
http://geology.com/rocks/metamorphic-rocks.shtml
http://geology.com/rocks/igneous-rocks.shtml

9. Label the layers of the earth.
http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/69.asp

10.Put the layers of the Earth in order from coolest to hottest.
http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/69.asp

11.Take the quiz on the last website and record your score on the bottom of your sheet.