Unit 15 science REview ROCKS

What is a streak

• Describes how minerals reflect light

• Ability to scratch another mineral

• Any nonliving solid that has a crystal form.

• The color left behind after rubbing rock on white tile

A fossil is considered what type of rock?

• 
  pumice
  

• 
  slate
  

• limestone
  

• obsidian
  

Donthel is an active volcano located in Hawaii.  In May 2018, Donthel erupted and lava flowed across a section of The trenches.  When the eruption was over, scientists discovered that the volcano had added 875 acres of land to the coast of The trenches closest to the volcano.  What type of rock would this new land be mostly made of?

• metamorphic rock
  

• sedimentary rock
  

• fossilized rock
  

• 1. igneous rock

  
  

What is luster?

• Describes how minerals reflect light

• Ability to scratch another mineral

• Any nonliving solid that has a crystal form.

• a rock

What is the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another ?

• Weathering

• sediment

• deposition

• Erosion

The dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water is known as

• Weathering

• sediment

• deposition

• Erosion

What is a scientist

• The study of the natural world.

• A person who wears a lab coat

• A person who works in a lab

• A person who asks questions about the natural world.

What is an inference?

• A statement that explains an observation

• A way of finding new information

• To communicate about what you saw

• hypothesis

Donthel is an active volcano located in Hawaii.  In May 2018, Donthel erupted and lava flowed across a section of The trenches.  When the eruption was over, scientists discovered that the volcano had added 875 acres of land to the coast of The trenches closest to the volcano.  What type of rock would this new land be mostly made of?

• metamorphic rock
  

• sedimentary rock
  

• fossilized rock
  

• 1. igneous rock

  
  

What is a glacier

• A big rock

• A large sheet of flowing ice

• Moving water that carriers rocks

• The dropping of weathered rocks