Rocks and minerals

WHAT ARE ROCKS?

• THEY ARE CHUNKS MADE OF ONE OR MORE MINERALS

• THEY ARE BIG PIECES OF STONE.

• THEY ARE ON THE EARTH'S CRUST

• THEY'RE ICE CUBES

WHAT'S THE SOLID PART OF THE EARTH?

• GEOSFERE

• GEOSPHERE

• GESOSFER

• GESOPHERE

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF A VOLCANO?

• CHIMNEY

• CRATER

• VOLCANIC CONE

• IGNEOUS ROCK

WHAT ARE MINERALS?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MINERAL AND A ROCK?

• ROCKS ARE CHUNKS OF MINERALS AND MINERALS ARE MADE OF ROCKS.

• MINERALS HAVE A SPECIFIC CHEMICAL STRUCTURE BUT ROCKS, ARE COMPOSED BY DIFFERENT MINERALS WHICH ARE NOT THE SAME THROUGHOUT THEIR STRUCTURE.

• ROCKS ARE SEMI SOLID AND MINERALS ARE SOLID.

WHAT ARE THE MAIN CATEGORIES IN WHICH WE DIVIDE ROCKS?

• METAMORPHIC

• IGNEOUS

• ROCKY

• SEDIMENTARY

• PYRITE

WHAT ARE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS MADE OF?

• MANY ELEMENTS

• BIG PARTICLES

• LITTLE PARTICLES FROM LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS.

• PARTICLES FROM OTHER ROCKS.

IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS FORMATION...

• SAND IS ESSENTIAL

• SEASHELLS ARE ESSENTIAL

• WATER IS ESSENTIAL

• CALCITE IS ESSENTIAL

HOW ARE METAMORPHIC ROCKS FORMED?

• WHEN A ROCK GOES THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES.

• WHEN A ROCK GOES THROUGH A LOT OF COLD.

• WHEN A ROCK GOES THROUGH A LOT OF HEAT AND FIRE.

• WHEN A ROCK GOES THROUGH A LOT OF HEAT AND PREASSURE.

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CAN TURN INTO METAMORPHIC ROCKS

• WHEN THEY ARE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF HEAT AND PRESSURE.

• WHEN THEY ARE EXPOSED TO A EXTREME WEATHER.

• WHEN THEY ARE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF ICE AND PRESSURE.

• WHEN THEY ARE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF HEAT AND AIR.