Rocks & Minerals

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

What type of rock is formed when magma and lava cools and hardens?

• minerals
• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic

Emily was looking at a rock and saw tiny crystals.  Emily should know that all rocks are made up of _____.

• diamonds
• minerals
• fossils
• dirt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral
• rock
• fossil
• soil

If I say that a penny can scratch a rock, what property am I referring to?

• Color
• Weight
• Hardness
• Luster

Rock that have changed by heat and pressure

• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock

What would you use to determine the hardness of a mineral?

• color tiles
• streak test
• Mohs Scale
• weight scale

How could you determine the streak of a mineral?

• streak test
• balance test
• weight test
• scratch test

A solid material that is made up of one or more minerals.

• mineral
• rock
• fossil
• soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What property of rock is being observed when looking for whether it is shiny?

• luster

• hardness

• streak

• color