Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary Quiz

Hard, non-living parts of soil

• rock

• mineral

• color

• hardness

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

non-living part of Earth

• mineral

• rock

• color

• luster

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

compares the hardness of different minerals

• hardness

• luster

• color

• Mohs Scale

how a mineral looks when light hits it

• rock

• minerals

• luster

• color

some minerals have a certain color

• color

• rock

• minerals

• luster

how hard a mineral is to scratch

• rock

• Mohs Scale

• mineral

• hardness

This rock is made up of minerals, sand, mud, and even the remains of living things.

Most fossils are found in these rocks.

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This rock has two classifications: extrusive and intrusive. When magma cools and changes its form to solid, this type of rock is formed.

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This rock starts as rock always starts as another kind of rock. These rocks are made of layers that can be split apart.

• Metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• Sedimentary Rock