Rocks, Minerals and Resources

A farm in Florida produces electricity with a windmill. What type of resource is it?

• renewable

• recyclable

• nonrenewable

• new

Rocks have

• no minerals in them

• 1 or more minerals in them

• different chemical compounds in them

• exactly the same look as minerals

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

You have a mineral that can not be scratched with a fingernail but it can be scratched with a penny.

• Calcite

• diamond

• orthoclase

• talc

A student wrote a report in Science class. The best title for it should be ____________________________________?

• How igneous rocks are formed

• Weathering and erosion

• The rock cycle

• How sedimentary rocks are formed?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A renewable resource that will never cause air pollution is _________________ ?

• coal

• oil

• sunlight

• gas

A rock that contains fossils is a ______________________ rock.

• metamorphic

• conglomerate

• igneous

• sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

In the Science class a student works with his classmates to recycle products they collected around town. This ________ ______________________ .

• involves collaboration

• explains why people recycle

• explains the scientific method

• has results that never change

Weathering and erosion are different processes that include water, wind and ice. How are they different?

• erosion breaks rocks and weathering moves them

• weathering breaks rocks and erosion moves them

• weathering is slower

• erosion is faster

Florida is the Sunshine State. What type of resource is sunshine?

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• fossil

• igneous

A mineral causes a compass needle to move. What type of mineral is this?

• talc-feels greasy

• magnetite-magnetic

• mica-peels into thin flakes

• diamond-cuts glass

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3