Unit 4: Rocks, Minerals and Soil:
Common and Practical Uses
Rocks and Minerals Webquest Review
Directions: Answer the following questions in your science notebook. You should use the websites provided for each question (click on the links below).
Rock Cycle http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html
1. What are the three main types of rocks?
2. How does a sedimentary rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
3. How does an igneous rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
4. How do metamorphic rocks change into sedimentary rocks?
5. How do igneous rocks change into sedimentary rocks?
6. What is the beginning of the rock cycle? The end?
Rocks
7. What are the 6 key characteristics to look for in rock identification?
Earth Facts
8. What mineral is softest (1) on the Moh's Hardness Scale?
9. What mineral is hardest (10) on the Moh's Hardness Scale?
10. How many different types of minerals are there?
Mineralogy for Kids
11. Draw THE ROCK CYCLE
Mohs Scale http://www.kidsloverocks.com/html/friedrich_mohs.html
12. What is Mohs Scale used for?
13. Give an example of a mineral with a hardness of 7 (according to Mohs Scale). Tell me about that mineral.
14. If a mineral can scratch a penny, what number is it on Moh's Scale?
Rock Cycle http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html
1. What are the three main types of rocks?
2. How does a sedimentary rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
3. How does an igneous rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
4. How do metamorphic rocks change into sedimentary rocks?
5. How do igneous rocks change into sedimentary rocks?
6. What is the beginning of the rock cycle? The end?
Rocks
7. What are the 6 key characteristics to look for in rock identification?
Earth Facts
8. What mineral is softest (1) on the Moh's Hardness Scale?
9. What mineral is hardest (10) on the Moh's Hardness Scale?
10. How many different types of minerals are there?
Mineralogy for Kids
11. Draw THE ROCK CYCLE
Mohs Scale http://www.kidsloverocks.com/html/friedrich_mohs.html
12. What is Mohs Scale used for?
13. Give an example of a mineral with a hardness of 7 (according to Mohs Scale). Tell me about that mineral.
14. If a mineral can scratch a penny, what number is it on Moh's Scale?