Rocks, Minerals, & Fossil Fuels

●Do not have a definite chemical composition.

●No defined shape

●Some have fossils

• Rocks

• Minerals

• Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Example : Limestone, Basalt, Granite

• Rocks

• Minerals

• Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

●Has a definite chemical composition

●Has a specific gravity (density)

●No fossils

• Rocks

• Minerals

• Fossil Fuels

Example: Gold, Silver, Quartz

• Rocks

• Minerals

• Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What characteristics do rocks & minerals share?

• ●Both are solids

  ●Both are found in the Earth’s crust

  ●Rocks are composed of minerals

• ●Both are liquids

  ●Both are found in the Earth’s crust

  ●Rocks are composed of minerals

• ●Both are solids

  ●Both are found in the Earth’s crust

  ●Minerals are composed of rocks

The color that is left behind when scratched on a streak plate when testing rocks and minerals is called ____________.

• Streak

• Composition

• Luster

• Hardness

How light is reflected off the surface of the mineral is called _______________.

• Streak

• Luster

• Color

• Hardness

When luster is tested on a mineral and it's found to be shiny, the mineral can be described as _____________.

• Nonmetallic

• Metallic

• Dull

The ability to resist scratching; Moh’s hardness scale can help determine the characteristic of rocks and minerals called ________________________.

• Luster

• Color

• Hardness

What is true about the density of minerals?

• Minerals of the same kind have different densities.

• Minerals of the same kind have equal densities.