EarthSci04.1 Rocks

Means that the substance must occur in nature, it cannot be created or manufactured by people

• Inorganic
• Organic
• Naturally Occurring
• Not Living

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Means that a mineral cannot come from something that was once living.

• Inorganic
• Organic
• Naturally Occurring
• Not Living

This means the particles that make a mineral line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again.

• Chemical Composition
• Crystal Structure
• Fracture
• Solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Definite ___________ means that a mineral always contains certain elements in definite, or exact, proportions.

• Chemical Composition
• Crystal Structure
• Crystal System
• Naturally Occurring

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The _________ of a mineral is a physical property that is easy to observe.

• Chemical Composition
• Color
• Hardness
• Streak

________ is the mass per unit volume.

• Crystal Structure
• Density
• Hardness
• Solid

The three major rock groups are:

• Inorganic, Metamorphic, and  Sedimentary
• Inorganic, Metamorphosis, and Sediment
• Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sediment
• Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary

This rock  is formed from molten rock (magma/lava) that has cooled.

• Igneous
• Inorganic
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary

This rock is formed from lava on  the earth's  surface

• Inorganic
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This rock is formed by erosion (continuously broken down into small fragments) and  then is compressed and  cemented together.

• Inorganic
• Igneous
• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2