Minerals, Rocks, and the Earth's Structure

Minerals can be formed through the cooling of?

• Lava

• Magma

• Rock

• Dirt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Minerals have ______________ structures.

• round

• streak

• crystal

• water

Which are NOT a property used to characterize minerals?

• Color

• Shine

• Luster

• Cleavage

Which are NOT a property used to characterize minerals?

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Taste

• Specific gravity

What is ore?

• Ore is a mineral that contains a useful substance, like iron.

• Ore is a rock that the hardest minerals on Earth.

• Ore is what is used to heat furnaces.

• Ore flies through space and can crash into planets.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Cooling magma forms __________ rocks.

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

Metamorphic rock is formed by _______________ and ______.

• shaping, heat

• shining, pressure

• squeezing, heat

• squeezing, pressure

What are strata?

• Strata are the foliated and nonfoliated rock layers.

• Strata are made of granite and iron.

• Strata are special rocks that cool quicker than others.

• Strata are layers of sedimentary rocks.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The layers of the earth from innermost layer to outermost layer are _________, _________, __________, and ____________.

• inner core, outer core, crust, mantle

• crust, inner core, mantle, outer core

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• mantle, crust, inner core, outer core

The iron and nickel that comprise (make up) the inner and outer core are ____________ in the inner core, but ________ in the outer core.

• solid, gaseous

• liquid, solid

• solid, liquid

• liquid, gaseous