Ch.2 Section 1 Rocks and Minerals

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that forms on or beneath Earth’s surface.

• Mineral

• Crystal

• Rock

• Ore

A solid made up of particles that line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again.

• Mineral

• Crystal

• Sediment

• Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A solid material made up of one or more minerals or other substances.

• Mineral

• Crystal

• Sediment

• Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A series of processes on and beneath Earth’s surface that slowly change rocks from one kind

to another.

• Mineral

• Sediment

• Rock Cycle

• Smelting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Includes:

Halite (table salt), Ice (H₂O), Quartz, Gold, and Silver

• Mineral

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.

• Mineral

• Sediment

• Ore

• Smelting

Resources that are not replaced in a useful time frame.

• Nonrenewable

• Renewable

• Artificial

• Smelting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A rock that contains a metal or other useful mineral that can be mined and sold at a profit.

• Mineral

• Crystal

• Ore

• Smelting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

When an ore is mixed with other substances and then melted to separate the useful metal from other elements the ore contains.

• Mineral

• Crystal

• Ore

• Smelting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

From the Latin word “change of form”

• Mineral

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

  
  

• Metamorphic rock