Rocks and Minerals

What is a Mineral?

• A nonliving solid material that is found in Earth's outermost layer.
• A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
• The remains of living things.

What are 3 properties that are used to identify minerals?

• luster, color and sound
• smell, color and hardness
• luster, color and hardness
• luster, smell and hardness

The ability to resist scratching--Moh's Scale is which property?

• hardness
• cleavage
• color
• luster

Which tool do we use to determine the hardness of a rock?

• hammer
• paperclip or fingernail
• streak plate
• flashlight

• Yellow
• Gray
• Brassy Yellow

• Gold
• Hematite
• Pyrite

What is a rock?

• Rock that forms when melted, or molten rock from deep below Earth's surface cools and hardens.
• A solid material made up of one or more minerals.
• Rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals beneath the Earth's surface.

What is an igneous rock?

• Rock that forms when melted, or molten rock from deep below Earth's surface cools and hardens.
• Remains of living things from long ago that turn into rocks
• Rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals beneath the Earth's surface.

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

This rock was molten lava that cooled quickly as it came out of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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CCSS.L.1.5A

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