Minerals & Rocks

_______ are created and found in soil, in rocks, in seashells, or deep in the earth.

• Elements

• Crystals

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Particles of __________ make up sediment.

• Rock

• Sand

• Plant and animal remains

• All of the above

Minerals can have a metallic or nonmetallic _____________.

• Color

• Density

• Luster

A reliable way to test and identify a mineral is to look at its ___________.

• Streak

• Size

• color

• luster

___________ is when a mineral breaks leaving a rounded or irregular surface.

• Fracture

• Hardness

• Cleavage

Galena is almost three times as heavy as quartz, so it is __________.

• Softer

• Denser

• Lighter

Wind and water ____________ sediment on land and on the bottoms of rivers, lakes, and oceans.

• Deposit

• Particles

• Surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The compacting and cementing of the sediment form _______________ of rock.

• Deposits

• Surfaces

• Layers

Sedimentary rock can be classified based on how it is _________________.

• Compacted

• Cemented

• Formed

There are ________________ types of rocks.

• Five

• Three

• Seven