Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

2. Click the appropriate dollar amount at right to proceed to the question _________________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ ___________________ ___________________ __________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ Rocks and Minerals

3. Phone A Friend • “OK Contestant…Please select a friend to help you with this one. You have thirty seconds to discuss your options…” Return to the Question

4. Ask the Audience • “Audience, we need your help on this one…in a moment, we’ll ask you to indicate, by show of hands, your choice for the correct answer…” Return to the Question

5. 50/50 Fifty - Fifty • You’ve asked that two of the wrong answers be eliminated, leaving you with one wrong answer plus the correct one. Return to the Question

6. Correct Correct! Proceed to Next Question

7. Incorrect Sorry, That’s Incorrect Return to the Question

8. All minerals have a geometric shape because of __________. 50/50 The living parts of the minerals The way particles are arranged A B High temperatures The pressure needed to form them C D

9. Which of the following is a mineral? 50/50 brass coal A B soil copper C D

10. A scientist says a mineral is metallic. What property is the scientist describing? 50/50 cleave streak A B luster hardness C D

11. On the Mohs scale, which mineral has a hardness of 10? 50/50 quartz talc A B diamond apatite C D

12. How is a rock different from a mineral? 50/50 A rock is made up of minerals. Rocks don’t change. A B A mineral is made up of rock Minerals are harder than rock C D

13. Which process forms new soil when exposed rock begins to break down? 50/50 rock cycle erosion A B exposition weathering C D

14. A rock has many layers. What type of rock is this? 50/50 Metamorphic rock Humus rock A B Sedimentary rock Igneous rock C D

15. Which type of rock can be formed by chemical reactions? 50/50 Metamorphic rock Humus rock A B Sedimentary rock Igneous rock C D

16. Which type of soils is fine-grained and holds water extremely well? 50/50 silt sand A B loam clay C D

17. Why are you likely to find dark brown soil in a forest? 50/50 It has little humus It has a lot of humus A B It is iron-rich It has a lot of minerals C D

18. How can bacteria benefit from contaminated soil? 50/50 They can break down contaminants They can consume contaminants A B They can erode the contaminated soil They can form new soil to mix in C D

19. What tool do you need to test a mineral’s color? 50/50 A fingernail A hammer A B A steel knife An unglazed ceramic tile C D

20. Which soil layer has the GREATEST amount of organic material? 50/50 sand topsoil A B subsoil parent rock C D

21. In four layers of rock, which layer would you find the oldest fossils? 50/50 Bottom layer Top layer A B Second layer down Second layer from the bottom C D

22. Rocks and fossils found near a trilobite in the same layer of sediment will be ____________ the trilobite. 50/50 younger than about the same age as A B older than totally different from the age of C D

23. Essays • What can a scientist conclude if he finds a trilobite fossil in sedimentary rock? • Why is this a valid conclusion? • What role do mosses, lichen, bacteria, fungi, and plants play in soil formation? • A soil profile reveals what is inside the soil. It shows three layers. Identify and describe the three layers. • Rocks are always changing in a pattern called the rock cycle, which takes place over millions of years. Describe how the three types of rock – sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock – are formed in the rock cycle and give a characteristic and example of each type of rock.