Minerals and Rocks

_________ are created and found in soil, in rocks, in seashells, or deep in the earth.

• Minerals

• Crystals

A/An ___________ is a solid that has flat sides and edges arranged in a pattern that repeats to form a three-dimensional shape.

• element

• crystal

A mineral's __________ color may be different than its surface color.

• streak

• fracture

When you describe a mineral as being shiny or dull, you are talking about its ___________.

• cleavage

• luster

A mineral's __________ is its ability to resist being scratched.

• hardness

• density

As a rock moves through the rock cycle, forces inside the earth and on the earth's surface change the rock's __________.

• metamorphic

• index

• sedimentary

• igneous

• form

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks that form when magma cools and hardens above or below the earth's surface are called ___________ rocks.

• metamorphic

• index

• sedimentary

• igneous

• form

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

_____________ rocks form when sediment compacts or cements in layers on the earth's surface without heat or pressure.

• metamorphic

• index

• sedimentary

• igneous

• form

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_____________ rocks form when heat and pressure change the structure, texture, and appearance of rocks.

• metamorphic

• index

• sedimentary

• igneous

• form

__________ fossils are the same type of fossil found in the same rock layer all over the world.

• metamorphic

• index

• sedimentary

• igneous

• form

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1