6th Topic 9 Rocks & Minerals in the Geosphere

Supporting facts are known as __________.

• crust
• Evidence
• inner core
• Metamorphic Rock

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an Earthquake are known as __________.

• rock cycle
• Outer core
• seismic waves
• Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The rock that forms Earth’s outer layer

• elements
• Crust
• outer core
• inner core

Smallest or most basic part of something

• organic
• inner core
• igneoous rock
• elements

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Layer of hot rock

• mantle
• elements
• Metamorphic Rock
• crust

Layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core

• applied
• Outer core
• Sedimentary Rock
• mantle

Dense ball of solid metal

• metamorphic rock
• organic
• inner core
• igneoous rock

Naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and has a crystal structure and definite chemical composition

• process
• Mineral
• outer core
• Metamorphic Rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Repeating pattern of a mineral’s particles forming a solid

• crystal
• crystallization
• organic
• Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Material that is living or comes from living things

• rock cycle
• igneoous rock
• organic
• process

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3