Unit 1 Mineral Vocab

The study of the Earth and the solid components that make it up

• Geology

• Physics

• Environmental Science

• Astronomy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A naturally occurring solid substance with a definite chemical composition and a crystalline structure?

• Mineral

• Rock

• Ore

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A naturally occurring solid substance made up of a mixture of different chemical compositions and a crystalline structures?

• Mineral

• Rock

• Ore

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The study of minerals

• Mineralogy

• Seismology

• Paleontology

• Volcanology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A scientist who specializes in studying earthquakes

• Mineralogist

• Seismologist

• Paleontologist

• Volcanologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The study of fossils

• Mineralogy

• Seismology

• Paleontology

• Volcanology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A scientist who studies volcanoes

• Mineralogist

• Seismologist

• Paleontologist

• Volcanologist

The color of the powdered form of a mineral

• Streak

• Luster

• Density

• Hardness

The way light reflects off the surface of a mineral

• Streak

• Luster

• Density

• Hardness

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The mass per unit volume of a substance

• Streak

• Luster

• Density

• Hardness