Rocks and Minerals Review

A nonliving solid material is a

• plant

• mineral

• rock

The way a mineral shines, or reflects light.

• luster

• streak

• hardness

The color of a mineral when it is ground to a powder.

• Cleavage

• Streak

• Luster

The tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces.

• Hardness

• Luster

• Cleavage

A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.

• Hardness

• Luster

• Cleavage

A solid material made up of one or more minerals.

• Cleavage

• Rock

• Helium

A rock formed when melted or molten rock cools and hardens.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

A rock formed when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals beneath the Earth's surface.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

A rock formed when sand, particles of rock, bits of soil, and remains of once living things are pressed together and hardened.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The hardness of minerals is compared on the ________________.

• Mohs Scale of Hardness

• Rock Cycle

• Properties