Rocks and Minerals: Rock Smarts
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Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star?
Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the rock cycle. Play along, score your answers, and see if you’re a Rock Star or just bedrock!
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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and Idaho National Laboratory. Additional Funding by the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Rocks and Minerals: Rock Smarts
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Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the rock cycle. Play along, score your answers, and see if you’re a Rock Star or just bedrock!
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Science Trek is a place where parents, kids, and educators can watch short, educational videos on a variety of science topics. Every Monday Science Trek releases a new video that introduces children to math, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career potentials in a fun, informative way.[MUSIC] JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: See how many of these rocks and minerals questions you can get right.
And stick around to the end to find out your score.
What mineral was once as valuable as gold?
[TICKING] Salt How old are the oldest rocks on earth?
[TICKING] 4 billion years old What gemstone has been found on mars?
[TICKING] Opals What is magma called when it erupts?
[TICKING] Lava The constant forming, breaking down and reforming of rocks is known as [TICKING] The rock cycle Okay, if you got zero to two questions right, you found bed rock.
If you got two to four questions right, you are a rockhound.
And if you got all five questions right, you are a rock star!
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Rocks and Minerals: Mineral Detectives
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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
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