Geology

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Geology Jeopardy
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Fossils are the remains of dead animals and
plants from about ___ years ago.
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What is 10,000?
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Snail fossils are called this.
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What is gastropods?
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Wood that has been fossilized.
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What is petrified wood?
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Clam fossils are called this.
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What is pelecypods?
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These are the ways fossils are formed.
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What is refrigeration, desiccation, asphalt, and
amber?
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___ of rocks are igneous.
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What is 65?
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This rock is used to make floor tiles.
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What is basalt?
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This rock is used as paving stones and
countertops.
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What is Gabbro?
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This igneous rock used for monuments.
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What is granit?
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This rock is used for in surgical scalpels.
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What is Obsidian?
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___ of rocks are metamorphic.
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What is 27?
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This rock started out as limestone.
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What is marble?
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This rock started as sandstone.
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What is quartzite?
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This rock started as shale.
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What is slate?
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This rock started as feldspar.
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What is Gneiss?
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___ of rocks are sedimentary.
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What is 8?
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Is used in construction and as decoration.
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What is conglomerate?
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Used to produce iron steel objects.
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What is iron ore?
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Was considered a waste rock, but saved MN iron
ore mining industry.
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What is taconite?
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Is used primarily in construction.
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What is sandstone?
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A person who studies rocks.
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What is a geologist?
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Rocks are made of ____.
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What are minerals?
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Layering and stratification are a result of _____
formations.
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What is sedimentary rocks?
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These rocks are born of fire.
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What is igneous?
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Heat and pressure cook this type of rock.
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What is metamorphic?
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This is used to test the streak of a rock.
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What is a streak plate?
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A rock has a hardness of ___ if your fingernail
can scratch it.
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What is 2.5?
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A rock has a hardness of ___ if glass can scratch
it.
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What is 5.5?
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He created the hardness scale.
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What is Moh?
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The way light reflects off a rock.
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What is luster?
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Final Jeopardy
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This is the study of earth, the materials which
it is made of, structure of those materials, and
process acting upon them.
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What is geology?