Unit 3- Matter- Properties and Change

The ability of a mineral to resist being scratched

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

• Cleavage

The way that a mineral's surface reflects light.

• Hardness

• Luster

• Streak

• Cleavage

Rock that formed when another kind of rock was squeezed and heated deep inside the Earth's crust.

• Rock Cycle

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A characteristic of a substance.

• Property

• Luster

• Hardness

• Streak

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Rock that formed when sediments were pressed and cemented together.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Rock Cycle

The color of the mark that a mineral makes when it is scraped on a white tile.

• Cleavage

• Streak

• Luster

• Hardness

The process of rocks changing into other kinds of rock.

• Metamorphic

• Rock Cycle

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

A solid natural material that has a crystal form and its own set of properties.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Electricity

• Magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock formed from cooled magma or lava

• Rock Cycle

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The breaking of a mineral along a smooth, flat surface.

• Streak

• Luster

• Hardness

• Cleavage