Minerals and Rocks

a property that is used to describe and identify rocks

• location

• color

• minerals

• marble

a rock that is formed when melted rock cools and hardens

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

• mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

how a mineral feels is called

• texture

• bumpyness

• smoothness

• property

a rock formed when bits of sand, mud, and pebbles pile up and cement(stick) together

• mineral

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

rock are made from materials called

• granite

• other rocks

• properties

• minerals

an example of a rock made of many minerals is

• minerals

• metamorphic

• granite

• sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

a rock that has changed form through squeezing and heating

• sedimentary rock

• mineral

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

how do people use rocks?

• building roads

• building walls

• making glass

• all of those ways

True or False. All rocks are made from minerals.

• True

• False

• Both, it depends

One way to identify a mineral is to look at its

• streak

• size

• location