Vocabulary Rocks and Minerals

This is a natural occurring solid substance that is normally made of minerals.

• mineral

• rock

• streak

• luster

Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary are all types of what?

• coal

• cookies

• minerals

• rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is a term that means something you can observe with your senses.

• Minerals

• Rocks

• Property

• Grains

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

These are the building blocks of rocks. Scientists have discovered over 3,000 of these.

• rocks

• minerals

• coal

• igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Color ___________ cannot be used to identify most minerals because they come in so many different colors.

• alone

• only

• always

• never

This is the powder a mineral leaves behind when it is rubbed on a rough tile or another mineral.

• luster

• streak

• hardness

• color

This term refers to the way light bounces off the surface of a mineral. Some can be metallic or shiny.

• streak

• hardness

• color

• luster

Hardness is how easily a mineral can be scratched

• true

• false

Mohs' Scale shows the hardness of minerals. A diamond is the softest mineral and talc is the hardest.

• true

• false

The Mohs' Scale shows the ___________ of ten common minerals.

• luster

• streak

• hardness

• cleavage