Rocks and minerals 4th grade

A solid natural material that has a crystal form and its own set of properties

• Hardness

• Mineral

• Luster

• Cleavage

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

The ability of a mineral to resist being scratched

• Hardness

• Mineral

• Luster

• Cleavage

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

The way a mineral surface reflects light

• Hardness

• Mineral

• Luster

• Cleavage

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-2

The breaking of a mineral along a smooth flat surface

• Hardness

• Mineral

• Luster

• Cleavage

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

The color of the mark that a mineral makes when it is scraped on a white or black tile

• Streak

• Streak test

• Rock

• Rock Cycle

The process of testing to see what color streak is left behind

• Streak

• Streak test

• Rock

• Rock Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A solid mixture of minerals that was formed in earth the earths crust

• Streak

• Streak test

• Rock

• Rock Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock that was formed from cooled magma or lava

• Streak

• Streak test

• Rock

• Igneous Rock

The process of rocks changing into other kinds of rocks

• Streak

• Streak test

• Rock Cycle

• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock that was formed when sediments were layered, pressed and cemented together

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Rock Cycle

• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS1-1