Keep a list of the vocabulary with each activity…. Write the vocabulary at the top of the page and the analysis questions below.

 NATURAL RESOURCE: ANY NATURALLY
 RENEWABLE RESOURCE: MATERIALS SUCH AS
 NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE: MATERIALS THAT

 CRYSTAL SHAPE: THE SHAPE OF A CRYSTAL SAMPLE OF A
MINERAL GENERALLY REFERRED TO BY MINERALOGISTS AS
CRYSTAL HABIT.
 LUSTER: THE SHININESS OF A MINERAL.
 PROPERTY: THE NATURE OF A MATERIAL, SUCH AS THE
PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF COLOR, HARDNESS, STATE, DENSITY,
AND CONDUCTIVITY.
 TRANSPARENT/TRANSPARENCY: THE ABILITY TO TRANSMIT
LIGHT CLEARLY SO THAT AN OBJECT CAN BE DISTINCTLY SEEN
THROUGH A SUBSTANCE.
 OCTAHEDRON: A SOLID FIGURE HAVING EIGHT FACES.

 CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE: THE REGULAR PATTERN OF ATOMS,
MOLECULES OR IONS IN A CRYSTAL.
 GEOLOGIST: SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE EARTH AND THE
CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE ON AND BENEATH THE SURFACE.
 MINERAL: A NATURALLY OCCURING SOLID MATERIAL THAT HAS
A SPECIFIC CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND CRYSTAL FORM AND
CHARACTERISTIC PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. THERE ARE ABOUT
3,500 DIFFERENT MINERALS.
 ROCK: A NATURALLY OCCURING SOLID SUBSTANCE COMPOSED
OF ONE OR MORE MINERALS.

 IGNEOUS ROCK: ROCKS THAT HAVE FORMED FROM THE
COOLING OF MAGMA.
 MAGMA: MOLTEN ROCK FOUND BENEATH THE EARTH’S
SURFACE.
 METAMORPHIC ROCK: A ROCK FORMED WHEN ANOTHER
ROCK HAS BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF EARTH’S HEAT
AND/OR PRESSURE.
 SEDIMENTARY ROCK: A TYPE OF ROCK THAT IS MADE UP OF
SEDIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CEMENTED TOGETHER SUCH
AS SHALE, SANDSTONE, AND LIMESTONE.

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 EVIDENCE: INFORMATION THAT IS GAINED BY DIRECT
OBSERVATION OR FROM RELIABLE SOURCES WHICH CAN BE
USED TO FORMULATE IDEAS ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD
OR TO INFORM DECISION-MAKING.
 MANUFACTURED: MADE BY HUMANS, TYPICALLY IN A
FACTORY. SYNTHETIC.
 TRADE-OFFS: A BALANCING OF FACTORS, ALL OF WHICH ARE
NOT ATTAINABLE AT THE SAME TIME. GETTING ONE THING
AT THE COST OF ANOTHER.