Rocks and Minerals

What are the building blocks of rocks?

• Minerals

• Cement

• Sedimentary

• Mason

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

minerals are classified on the basis of their ________

properties such as luster, hardness, color, and cleavage.

• Observable

• Origin

• Cool

• Intriguing

Rocks are classified on how they are ________

• formed

• drawn

• colored

• shaped

What is Magma?

• Liquified rock

• Type of rock

• Hardest substance

What is Lava?

• Magma that has come out of the earth onto the surface

• Magma still inside the earth

• Magma that has cooled quickly

• Magma that has cooled rapidly

What type of rock is formed by lava cooling rapidly?

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

What type of rock is formed by Magma cooling slowly?

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

When do rock crystals form a lot?

• When liquified rock cools quickly

• When liquified rock cools slowly

• At any time

• When liquified rocks stays hot

When do rock crystals form very little?

• When liquified rock cools quickly

• When liquified rock cools slowly

• At any time

• When liquified rocks stays hot

What does it mean when a rock is classified as course-grained?

• Rough

• Smooth

• Sharp

• Shiny