Rocks and Minerals

A _______ is a solid, naturally formed substance that always has the same composition.

• rock
• carbon
• mineral
• water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

___________ rocks are formed when magma cools.

• Sedimentry
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Mineral

When igneous rock breaks apart (weathers), it forms ___________.

• sedimentry rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• sediments
• crystals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

True or false? A rock always stays the same.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• true

• false

a nonliving solid material that has a definite chemical makeup, a crystal shape, is naturally occurring and is inorganic

• rock

• mineral

• smelting

• nonrenewable

What is a defining trait of minerals?

• shiny

• made of iron

• organic

• crystalline structure

You find a sedimentary rock that shows ripple marks. What do the ripple marks tell you about where the rock was formed?

• It formed at very high temperatures

• It formed in a fast moving stream

• It formed from mollusk shells

• It was blown out of a volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

If a sedimentary rock becomes molten, what kind of rock will it become?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• clastic

• foliated

Coal is is a rock that is made up of trees that died millions of years ago. Is coal organic or in organic?

• organic

• inorganic