Rocks & Minerals

__________ is an igneous rock that is commonly used for building material

• sandston

• slate

• marble

• granite

A sedimentary rock made up of rock fragments with rounded edges is called ____________

• shale

• conglomerate

• sandstone

• breccia

An example of a mineral made up of a pure element is ____________

• copper

• coal

• quartz

• glass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

_________ is used to describe how light is reflected from a mineral's surface

• cleavage

• lustre

• fracture

• streak

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Coal, oil and __________ are the 3 main fossil fuels

• natural gas

• wood

• uranium

• electricity

________ is the hardest known mineral

• talc

• granite

• diamond

• gold

Rocks that are formed and changed into other rocks from the heat and pressure deep within the Earth are called _________________

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary

• extrinsic rock

___________ is when sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

• cementation

Petrochemicals are compounds that are made from the fossil fuel ______________

• coal

• natural gas

• wood

• oil

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

When layer up layer of sediments are deposited, the process of ______________ presses them together

• cleavage

• metamorphic

• compaction

• cementation