Minerals and rocks bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Breaking along plane surfaces.

   Item

   Cleavage

2. Clue

   Colour of the ground powder.

   Item

   Streak

3. Clue

   Appearance apart from colour.

   Item

   Lustre

4. Clue

   Science of rocks.

   Item

   Petrology

5. Clue

   Deposits compacted to rock.

   Item

   Lithification

6. Clue

   Layered grains in metamorphic rock.

   Item

   Foliation

7. Clue

   Old rocks become new ones.

   Item

   Rock cycle

8. Clue

   Hardness 1.

   Item

   Talc

9. Clue

   Hardness 10.

   Item

   Diamond

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation