Material made up of one or more minerals

• rock

• mineral

• luster

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How a mineral's surface looks when light reflects from it

• streak

• luster

• mineral

• rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A natural solid that has its particles arranged in a crystal pattern

• igneous

• rock

• mineral

• streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The color of the powder left behind when you rub a mineral against a white tile

• luster

• streak

• white

• crystal

Three types of rocks

• igneous, weathering, sedimentary

• igneous, sedimentary, luster

• metamorphic, sedimentary, mineral

• sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

Rock that forms when rock pieces deposited over time are squeezed and stuck together

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• rock cycle

Example of sedimentary rock

• sandstone

• marble

• quartzite

• pumice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rock that has been changed by high heat and pressure

• sedimentary

• sandstone

• igneous

• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rock that forms when melted rock hardens

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• marble

Example of igneous rock

• sandstone

• marble

• obsidian

• quartzite