Rocks and Minerals

A naturally occurring solid substance that does not come from animal or plant

• rock

• mineral

• sediment

• magma

Rocks that have formed from magma that has cooled

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Magma

Rocks that have been formed from being compacted and made up of sediment that have cemented together

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rocks that have been changed from other rocks by heat and pressure

• mineral

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Hot molten rock located deep below the earth's surface

• magma

• rock

• sediment

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces by chemical or physical forces

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another, destroyed, and then formed again

• Deposition

• Rock Cycle

• Sediment

• Erosion

What is shown in the chart?

• Layers of the Earth

• Rock Cycle

• Landforms

• Mineral Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

many pieces of broken down rock and soil

• mineral

• rock

• sediment

• deposition

The hardness of a mineral is measured by a scale known as...

• Luster scale

• Hardness scale

• Moh's scale

• Transmissivity scale