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Scotts Bluff Scratch Test Worksheet

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

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Transcript of Scotts Bluff Scratch Test Worksheet The heading at the top of the worksheet reads Scotts Bluff Scratch Test. Below the heading is a chart for participants to fill out. There are five columns on the chart. The headings of each column, left to right are: Mineral/rock, Can you scratch with your fingernail? Can you scratch with a penny? Can you scratch with a steel nail? The heading of the far right column reads Does it scratch the glass plate? In the left column, the row below the heading reads Tan-colored. The next row down in the left column reads #7. The next row down in the left column reads gray-colored. The last row in the left column reads #3. The fields in the rest of the chart have been left blank for participants to fill in. Below the chart are two questions with blank lines to the right of the questions for participants to fill in their answers. Question 1 reads: Which rock or mineral do you think was the hardest? Question 2 reads: Which rock or mineral do you think was the softest?

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Park Ranger: Geologist - Scotts Bluff Scratch Test worksheet can be completed orally or on your electronic device. Use the Mohs Hardness Scale to help you complete this task.

Credit

NPS: E. Grunwald

Date Created

04/01/2023

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