Minerals
A naturally occurring solid substance
What is a mineral?
Naturally formed, non living Earth materials that are made of collection of mineral grains that are held together in a firm, solid mass
What are rocks?
Coal
What is a non renewable source?
Rocks made from other rocks and dead organisms
What is sedimentary rocks?
Color of rock
What is a physical characteristic?
You can use minerals to make iron
What an you use minerals for?
Minerals contained in the rock & texture
How to identify rock type?
Natural source that you can reuse
What is a renewable source?
Rocks made form heating and cooling of magma
What are igneous rocks?
Rubbing rock on streak plate to find streak color
What is is streaking?
Rubbing rock on streak plate to find streak color
What is is streaking?
IN the Earth
Where do you find minerals?
Formed through cooling of magma
What are igneous rocks?
Very common non renewable source that's mine
What is coal?
Rocks made from changing under heat and pressure
What are metamorphic rocks?
The shinyness of the rock
What is luster?
A very very valuable mineral that is gold colored
What is gold?
Formed from heat and pressure
What are metamorphic rocks
What are wind mills?
Put on food to flavor it
What is salt?
How the rock feels to touch
What is texture?
Solid, crystalline, Naturally occurring, inorganic, specific chemical, composition
What are 5 specifications of being a mineral?
Rock formed from collection of smaller materials
What are sedimentary rock?
A non renewable energy source that comes from the remains of past living organisms
What are fossil fuels?
A very very valuable mineral that is gold colored
What is gold?
Plains of weakness
What is cleavage?