MidTerm:Rocks/Minerals/WEDS

What is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with a crystal structure, and definite chemical composition?

• Rock

• Mineral

• Vitamin

• Coprolite

What are the basic building blocks that make up rocks?

• Minerals

• Vitamins

• Crystals

• Coprolites

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

• How can we determine what mineral we have? (what are some of the mineral tests?- list at least 5)

• Hardness and Streak

• Luster/Color

• Cleavage/fracture

• Density and Special properties

• All of the above

What scale ranks 10 minerals from softest to hardest?

• The bathroom Scale

• Mohs' Hardness Scale

• The Bridget Scale of Hardness

• Seismic Scale

What is the hardest mineral on the Mohs' hardness scale?

• Ruby

• Iron

• Diamond

• Titanium

What is the softest mineral on the Moh’s hardness scale?

• Gypsum

• Gold

• Talc

• Feldspar

• How are rocks classified?

What are the three types of rocks?

• Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

• Igneous, meta, sedentary

• Diamonds, Rubies, and Topaz

• Metamorphic, Signatory, Lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What rock forms from the cooling of lava or magma?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Volcanic

What type of igneous rock forms below the surface

• Subsurface igneous

• Intrusive igneous

• Extrusive igneous

• Subducted igneous