Mining- minerals and resources definition

Digging into the Earth to take out minerals, rocks, or fossil fuels.

• Geology

• Mining

• Mixture

• Oil

How heavy something is for its size (weight/volume)

• State of matter

• Compound

• Mass

• Density

A pure, solid substance that is found in nature that is not living, like quartz or gold.

• Compound

• Rock

• Mineral

• Element

A special quality or characteristic of something, like how hard, shiny, or heavy it is.

• Property

• Licing

• Lustre

• Cleavage

A non-renewable resource like coal, oil, or gas, that comes from the remains of ancient plants and animals.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Resource

• Fossil Fuels

The colour of the powder left behind when a mineral is rubbed on something rough, like a tile.

• Streak

• Lustre

• Colour

• Cleavage

 Something that is alive, like plants, animals, and people.

• Non-living

• Living

• Resource

• Mineral

Something that we use from nature, like water, trees, or minerals.

• Non-renewable

• Resource

• Property

• Fossil fuel

A solid black rock that we burn to make energy. It's a type of fossil fuel.

• Oil

• Gas

• Coal

• Mineral

Something that cannot be replaced quickly once it is used up, like coal or oil.

• Living

• Non-living

• Renewable

• Non-renewable