What is a rock?
What are all rocks made of?
Minerals and other rocks
Cooling lava or magma
This type of rock is like our melted chocolate chips in ice cream
Fast-cooling igneous rock
When you have a hunk of just one mineral, what will be true of its structure?
It will be a crystal
What state of matter is a rock?
solid
What are sedimentary rocks formed from?
Sediment (little bits of rock and mineral that are washed to the bottom of a body of water
This type of rock is like the melted marshmallows in our smores
Slow-cooling igneous rock
How is a mineral the same as a rock?
It is naturally-occuring
Is a brick a rock? Why or why not?
No, because it's not naturally occuring
What are metamorphic rocks formed from?
Igneous and sedimentary rocks
This type of rock is like smashed-together Starbursts
Sedimentary rock
Can a tree be a mineral? Why or why not?
No, because a tree is organic and minerals are inorganic.
Is a crystal a rock? Why or why not?
No, because crystals have repeating structural patterns and rocks do not.
Name the steps for forming a sedimentary rock (there are 4)
Erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
This type of rock is like cookie batter that has been baked and becomes cookies
Metamorphic rock
Element, compound, mixture
Mixture
In which parts of the geosphere do we find rocks?
The crust and the mantle
Heat, pressure, chemical reactions
Name an example from biology of metamorphosis
What is the relationship between minerals and rocks?
Rocks are made of minerals