Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Mines and Minerals	www.dnr.state.il.us
			Pat Quinn, Governor

Terms for Section A.
Plastics, Barrel, Ash, Aspirin, Electric Generation, Silica, Lead, Pyrite, Sun, Crinoid, Underground Mining, Fluorspar, Geode, Limestone, Trilobite, Ancient Swamps, Illinois, Refinery, Power Plant, Reclamation, Fuller's earth, Sulfur, Bituminous, Southeastern, Gasoline, Tully Monster

1. Illinois State Mineral
2. Primary End Use of Coal
3. Mineral used for Kitty Litter
4. Non-fuel Refined Product from Oil
5. By Product from the Combustion of Coal
6. Highly Pure Sandstone Used for Glass
7. Unit of Measure for Oil
8. The State Fossil
9. Hollow Rock with Crystals inside
10. Primary Element in Galena
11. A Fossil Animal that looks like a flower
12. A Fossil Animal that looks like a large pill bug
13. A circular mineral formation made of fool's gold
14. Term for Restoration of Mined Land
15. Type of Coal Found in Illinois
16. Element Removed by Scrubbers
17. Type of Mining under the earth
18. Site where coal is burned to make electricity
19. State with the most bituminous Coal Reserves
20. Where Coal Originated
21. Place where Oil is Processed
22. Type of Rock Where Oil is Found
23. Part of the State Producing Most of the Oil
24. Medicine Product from Oil
25. Fuel Product from Oil

Part II: Illinois Minerals used in your home.
Fill in the blanks below using the terms list.

Terms for Section B
Sand and Gravel, Lumber, Limestone, Coal, Silica, Oil, Clay

1. Mineral Source of the Windows
2. Mineral Source of the Brick
3. Mineral Source of the Vinyl Siding
4. Mineral Sources for the concrete foundation
5. Mineral Source for the cement used to harden the concrete
6. Mineral Source used to make the electricity in the house
7. Not from a mineral source

Other Teacher Packet Pages:

• Teacher Packet Introduction
• Mining and Minerals Jeopardy Game
• Mineral and Rock Box Test Answers
• Rocks and Minerals Crossword
• Rocks and Minerals Crossword Answer