Rocks and Minerals Vocab

how something feels

• minerals

• luster

• texture

• attributes

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

found in nature; is not a plant or animal

• sedimentary rocks

• minerals

• soil

• igneous rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a type of rock that is fire-made and is formed when melted rock cools

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• Moh's Scale

characteristics that describe minerals; example, rough, makes a streak

• attributes

• streak

• luster

• texture

a scale that rates the hardness of minerals

• mass

• density

• volume

• Moh's Scale

how shiny a mineral is

• luster

• texture

• rocks

• minerals

found in nature, not living, made from minerals

• rocks

• stones

• soil

• water

mark left on something from a mineral

• texture

• streak

• luster

• attributes

a type of rock formed when sand, mud, pebbles, at the bottom of lakes, rivers, and oceans pile up

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• stones

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

an orderly, three-dimensional pattern of ions or atoms in a solid

• mass

• matter

• soil

• crystal

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1