Minerals and Rocks

The five characteristics that all minerals share are:

• Definite Chemical Composition, Color, Density, Igneous, and Solid
• Definite Chemical Composition,  Crystal Structure, Inorganic, Naturally Occurring, and Solid
• Cleavage, Faces, Hardness, Metamorphic, and Streak
• Cleavage, Crystal Structure, Density, Igneous, and Solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Means that the substance must occur in nature, it cannot be created or manufactured by people

• Inorganic
• Organic
• Naturally Occurring
• Not Living

Means that a mineral cannot come from something that was once living.

• Inorganic
• Organic
• Naturally Occurring
• Not Living

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The _________ of a mineral is a physical property that is easy to observe.

• Chemical Composition
• Color
• Hardness
• Streak

________ is the mass per unit volume.

• Crystal Structure
• Density
• Hardness
• Solid

This is how a mineral reflects light.

• Cleavage
• Density
• Hardness
• Luster

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The three major rock groups are:

• Inorganic, Metamorphic, and  Sedimentary
• Inorganic, Metamorphosis, and Sediment
• Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sediment
• Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary

This rock  is formed from molten rock (magma/lava) that has cooled.

• Igneous
• Inorganic
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary

This rock is formed by extreme heat and/or pressure that alters the chemical composition into a new form of rock.

• Inorganic
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary

What mineral is used for pencils?

• Graphite
• Galena
• Magnetite
• Quartz