Rocks and Minerals vocabulary

Mineral

• A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again.

• A naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and that has crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.

• A process that can form minerals.

• A solid that naturally occurs by inorganic processes that repeats again and again.

Crust

• A defense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth.

• The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core

• A process that can form minerals

• The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.

Draw the layers of Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.

• Crust

• Mineral

• Mantle

• Organic

A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the earth

• Outer core

• Crystal

• Mineral

• Crystallization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances

• Evidence

• Elements

• Outer core

• Mantle

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of earth

• Inner core

• Elememts

• Evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again.

• Organic

• Inner core

• Crystal

• Evidence

The process bywhich atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure.

• Element

• Mineral

• Organic

• Crystallization

Vibrations that travel through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.

• Elements

• Seismic wave

• Inner core

• Organic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2