Rocks and Minerals Vocab

What is a nonliving solid material that has a definite chemical makeup?

• mineral

• rock

• fossil

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the way a mineral shines or reflects light?

• streak

• luster

• hardness

• cleavage

What is the color of a mineral when it is ground to a powder?

• hardness

• luster

• streak

• cleavage

What is the measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched?

• cleavage

• luster

• streak

• hardness

What is the tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces?

• cleavage

• luster

• hardness

• streak

Which type of rock is made when melted rock cools and hardens?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which type of rock is made when sand, particles of rock, bits of soil, and remains of once-living things are pressed together?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which type of rock is made when rocks are changed by heat and pressure?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

________ is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces called sediment.

• Pressure

• Heat

• Weathering

• Cementing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the three main types of rocks?

• sedimentary, weathering, igneous

• sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

• igneous, metamorphic, mineral

• igneous, sedimentary, sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4