Earth's Structures

solid, nonliving material found in nature

• atmosphere

• mineral

• rock

• water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a feature or quality

• mineral

• erosion

• property

the color a mineral leaves on a plate when scratched

• streak

• luster

• cleavage

• hardness

a scale that tells the hardness of a material

• cleavage

• streak

• luster

• Mohs Scale

a property of a mineral that splits along a smooth surface

• cleavage

• Mohs Scale

• luster

• streak

a solid, nonliving material made up of one or more minerals

• mineral

• atmosphere

• rock

• cloud

a hand held tool that makes objects look larger

• thermometer

• satelite

• telescope

• hand lens ( magnifying glass)

type of rocks that forms when melted rock cools and hardens

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

melted rock below Earth's surface

• lava

• magma

when melted rock reaches Earth's surface

• magma

• lava