earth energy

how do you reveal the true color of a mineral

• flashlight

• luster

• hardness

• streak

Aluminum (Al) is the mineral that is extracted from this ore

• Gypsum

• calcite

• halite

• Bauxite

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

common table salt (NaCl) is a mineral that is also known as

• Gypsum

• calcite

• Halite

• Bauxite

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Mineral quality that describes how light is reflected off the surface .Common ones are metallic or non-metallic

• Luster

• streak

• color

• hardness

when rocks are subject to millions of years of heat and pressure underground, it can turn into

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• all of the above

Intrusive igneous rock are formed when magma cools

• rapidly above ground ,allowing no crystal growth

• slowly underground, allowing large crystal to form

• slowly above ground ,allowing no crystal growth

• rapidly underground ,allowing large crystal to form

using your understanding of how the earth formed its first crust,which rock is most likely to have formed first

• detrtial sedimentary rock

• chemical sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• all types that went through weathering and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

raw material that is mined and contains a valuable mineral or metal that can profitably extracted

• Tailings

• Ore

• Alloy

• Overburden

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

this is required by law to be done by all mining companies before any extraction of ore can take place

• reclamation

• environmental impact study

• Leeching

• Milling

Environmental process that requires mining companies to put the land back to its original condition.

• Reclamation

• Dredging

• Leeching

• Biomagnification