VOCABULARY WORDS -MINERALS Atom element compound molecule
Proton neutron electron atomic number
Atomic mass mineral crystal silica tetrahedron
Color streak hardness Moh’s hardness scale
Cleavage fracture acid test special properties
Silicate carbonate iron oxides sulfides
Minerals to be familiar with: all minerals on the ESRT! ** be able to identify using a periodic table the proton, electron, neutron numbers of individual atoms
** be able to identify element names by both symbol to name and name to symbol (iron = Fe and Fe = iron)
** be able to list 2 different kinds of crystal shapes
** be able to draw a silica tetrahedron and identify the atoms in the molecule
** be able to use properties listed along with the ESRT to identify minerals
** be able to identify Moh’s hardness scaled for numbers 1,3,5,7 with tools
** be able to identify minerals that would be affected by acid
** be able to identify 4-7 minerals with special properties
** be able to use the igneous mineral chart to identify percentages and amounts of certain minerals in an igneous rock
VOCABULARY WORDS – ROCKS
Uniformitarianism
Igneous magma lava sedimentary
Mafic felsic texture clastic chemical
Rocks to know and be able to located and describe using ESRT Granite gabbro rhyolite obsidian pumice
Sandstone conglomerate shale limestone rock salt
Gypsum schist gneiss slate
** Be able to identify grain sizes and composition for any sedimentary rock
** Be able to use vocabulary words related to each class of rocks from the rock cycle
** Be able to list the properties of each kind of rock
** Be able to take a well defined rock and identify its class by using its characteristics
** Be able to describe the environment that each rock type was created.
** Be able to look at New York State Bedrock Map and identify regions with certain types of bedrock, and classify each region as to rock class (I, S, M)