Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary

What is a streak?

• Color of a mineral's powder

• Patterns or details on the rock or mineral

• Size of rock or mineral

• All of the above

What is a fracture?

• The breaking of a mineral along a smooth, flat surface

• The orderly, repeating pattern of atoms in a crystal

• The breaking of a mineral along a rough or irregular surface

• An individual particle in a rock

What is lava?

• Molten rock stored below Earth's surface

• Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface

• Rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

• None of the above

What is lithification?

• Rock texture that forms when uneven pressures cause flat minerals to line up, giving the rock a layered appearance

• The process through which sediment turns into rock

• The way a mineral reflects or absorbs light at its surface

• The breaking of a mineral along a rough or irregular surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is a mineral?

• A naturally occurring solid composed of minerals, rock fragments, and sometimes other materials such as organic matter

• Rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

• A deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit

• A solid that is naturally occurring, inorganic, and has a crystal structure and definite chemical composition

What is cleavage?

• A deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit

• The way a mineral reflects or absorbs light at its surface

• The breaking of a mineral along a smooth, flat surface

• An individual particle in a rock

What is a rock?

• A naturally occurring solid composed of minerals, rock fragments, and sometime other materials such as organic matter

• The process through which sediment turns into rock

• An individual particle in a rock

• Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface

What is a grain?

• Rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

• A deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit

• Molten rock stored below Earth's surface

• None of the above

What is magma?

• Molten rock stored below Earth's surface

• Rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

• A rock's grain size and the way the grains fit together

• Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface

What is foliation?

• The color of a mineral's powder

• A deposit of minerals that is large enough to be mined for a profit

• Rock texture that forms when uneven pressures cause flat minerals to line up, giving the rock a layered appearance

• The process by which atoms form a solid with an orderly, repeating pattern