Rocks and Minerals

How a mineral breaks

• breakage

• cleavage

• fracture

How a mineral scratches

• hardness

• scratchness

• resistance

How light reflects off a mineral (glassy, earthy, metallic)

• luster

• reflection

• light interaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

How light passes through a mineral (opaque, translucent, transparent)

• light interaction

• luster

• refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Rock formed from molten material

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Rock formed from loose material

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Rock changed by heat and pressure

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Sedimentary rock form from material dissolved in water

• chemical

• organic

• clastic

Sedimentary rock formed from once living material

• organic

• clastic

• chemical

Sedimentary rock formed from piles of loose debris

• chemical

• organic

• clastic