Rocks Jeopardy Igneous Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Metamorphic Rocks

Rocks Jeopardy Igneous Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Rock Cycle and More 1 st Semester Stuff 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

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A-100 • ANSWER: Igneous rocks form from this? • QUESTION: lava or magma Answer Question

A-200 • ANSWER: Name one igneous rock • QUESTION: Answer Question

A-300 • ANSWER: You find an igneous rock with fine grained crystals. Where did it form? • QUESTION: On the surface of the Earth, extrusive Answer Question

A-400 • ANSWER: What is the main difference between mafic and felsic igneous rocks? • QUESTION: Color, felsic are light colored and mafic are dark colored. Answer Question

A-500 • ANSWER: Igneous rocks that have large crystals cooled either slowly or quickly, quickly and either above ground or below ground. Choose!!! • QUESTION: slowly, below ground Answer Question

B-100 • ANSWER: Describe what sediment is. . • QUESTION: Broken pieces of rock, dirt, silt, etc. Answer Question

B-200 • ANSWER: What two things must happen to sediment to form into a sedimentary rock? • QUESTION: Get compacted and cemented together Answer Question

B-300 • ANSWER: Within 5%, how much of the Earth’s crust is covered by sediments and sedimentary rock? • QUESTION: 80% Answer Question

B-400 • ANSWER: There are three main types of sedimentary rocks. Name one type…. • QUESTION: Clastic, organic or chemical. Answer Question

B-500 • ANSWER: Define weathering and give two examples of causes of weathering on the surface of the Earth. • QUESTION: Weathering is the breakdown of rock. Two examples could be wind, water or heat. Answer Question

C-100 • ANSWER: What two processes will change a rock into a metamorphic rock? • QUESTION: Heat and Pressure Answer Question

C-200 • ANSWER: The word foliated in metamorphic rock means what? • QUESTION: The rock has layers or bands of minerals. Answer Question

C-300 • ANSWER: What is the nickname for metamorphic rocks. It comes from a Disney movie. • QUESTION: The cinderella rock Answer Question

C-400 • ANSWER: Name the 2 types of metamorphism that can occur. • QUESTION: Regional and Contact Answer Question

C-500 • ANSWER: The word metamorphic means ______ • QUESTION: To Change Form Answer Question

D-100 • ANSWER: Define the rock cycle. • QUESTION: The cycling of rock from one form to another, or the recycling of Earth’s material. Answer Question

D-200 • ANSWER: What type of rock is the original/first rock on the Earth? • QUESTION: Igneous Answer Question

D-300 • ANSWER: Why do fossils only form in sedimentary rocks? • QUESTION: Too much heat and or pressure in igneous and metamorphic. Answer Question

D-400 • ANSWER: Limestone will undergo metamorphism to turn into this rock? ? ? • QUESTION: Marble Answer Question

D-500 • ANSWER: Name four process that must happen to a rock to become sediment, then possible form into a sedimentary rock. • QUESTION: weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, compaction, cementation Answer Question

E-100 • ANSWER: How many stars are in our solar system? • QUESTION: One Answer Question

E-200 • ANSWER: Name theory that describes the origin of our universe? • QUESTION: Big Bang Answer Question

E-300 • ANSWER: Name the point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake • QUESTION: epicenter Answer Question

E-400 • ANSWER: Name three types of plate boundaries • QUESTION: Convergent, Divergent, Transform Answer Question

E-500 • ANSWER: Which type of star is our Sun? • QUESTION: Main Sequence Answer Question

FINAL JEOPARDY • ANSWER: Name one igneous, one sedimentary and one metamorphic rock. • QUESTION: Answer Question