Rocks and Minerals

What are properties of rocks?

• color, place, person, thing

• color, size, texture, hardness, luster

• nouns, verbs, adjectives

What are the three types of weathering?

• color, luster, hardness

• igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

• wind, water, temperature

True or false? A rock always stays the same.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

True or False? A rock is made up of one or more minerals.

• true

• false

True or False? All rocks can be scratched with a nail.

• true

• false

A natural material that is made up of one or more minerals is _____

• streak

• rock

• fossil

Rocks that form when melted rock from volcanoes hardens are called _________ rocks

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

A rock that has been changed by squeezing and heating is ________ rock.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

__________ rocks form when pieces of rock such as sand and pebbles settle and form into layers

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary