Science Form 3_Chap 4.1 Variety of Minerals

Minerals

• A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence.

• A rock

• A rock mixed with other components

• .

  a large piece of rock which has become detached from a cliff or mountain; a boulder.

Density

• d=m/V

• How many kilograms it weighs

• How many pounds it weighs

• volume

A natural, solid, non-living material made of minerals

• rock
• paper
• scissors
• minerals

Is a rock a living thing?

• yes
• no

A rock is made out of

• minerals
• paper
• wood
• glass

color, texture, size and patterns are all properties of

• rocks
• paper
• glass
• clouds

Quartz is made of silicon and 

• oxygen
• nitrogen
• dirt

This forms when melted rock cools and hardens underground.

• igneous rock
• diamond
• sedimentary rock

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

• diamond
• coal
• crystal

When melted rock is INSIDE the Earth it is called

• magma
• coal
• lava