Rocks and Minerals

What can you infer about graphite from the fact that you can scratch it with just your fingernail?

• It's not very lustrous.
• It's not very hard.
• Its streak is black colored.
• It has fracture.

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Which mineral is ranked highest on the Mohs scale? 

• Talc
• Calcite
• Quartz
• Diamond

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Which physical property requires no tools, scales, or other equipment to determine? 

• Hardness
• Fracture
• Color
• Weight

What word describes the material involved in a streak test? 

• Fractured
• Powered
• Scratched
• Liquid

What word describes the material involved in a streak test? 

• Fractured
• Powered
• Scratched
• Liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

This rock is formed from lava and you would most likely find it near a volcano.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fossils are often found in this rock.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This rock is changed by heat and pressure.  It is formed in layers.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Luster is . . . 

• The weight of a mineral.
• The way light reflects off of a mineral's surface.
• The way light reflects off of a rock's surface.
• The color left after a mineral is scratched.

The name of a scientist that studies rocks and minerals is called a . . . 

• biologist
• geologist
• zoologist
• rockologist