MInerals and Rocks

What is a mineral?

• A nonliving solid material that has a definite chemical makeup.

• Material that was once alive and is now dead.

• Rocks that came from space and are were squished on earh.

• Living and nonliving material that was formed by volcanoes

What is cleavage?

• It is a measure of how easily that mineral can be scratched.

• It is the tendency of a mineral to split. easily along a flat surface

• It is how a mineral shines or reflects light.

The color of a mineral in its powdered form is the _______

of that mineral.

• hardness

• cleavage

• streak

• luster

A nonmetallic mineral is ________

• shiny like metal

• is dull and glassy

• can be picked up with a magnet

A metallic metal is_______

• shiny like metal

• dull and glassy

• can change colors when put in water

• can be very powerful

What layer of the earth do we live on?

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Outer Core

This rock is formed when melted, or molten, rock from deep below Earth's surface cools and hardens

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• granite rock

• metamorphic rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This rock forms when sand, particles of rock, bits of soil, and remains of once-living things are pressed together and harden.

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• granite rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the three basic types of rock that makeup Earth's crust?

• Granite, basalt, and obsidian

• Metamorphic, marble, and dirt

• Marble, granite, and sedimentary

• Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous

Which rock did we make when we pressed down on our Starburst candy and then held it in our plastic bag or hand to warm it up change its form?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Obsidian

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4