Rock Basics
What is a rock?
A rock is a natural solid made of one or more minerals.
What is a mineral?
A natural, non-living substance found in Earth.
What is the rock cycle?
The process that changes rocks from one type to another.
Name one object in your home made using minerals.
Examples: pencil, phone, toothpaste, jewelry, glass.
Indigenous Peoples used rocks for making these tools.
Tools or weapons to hunt
Name the 3 main types of rocks.
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
What is one difference between a rock and a mineral?
A mineral is one substance, while a rock is made of minerals.
What happens to rocks during weathering?
They break into smaller pieces.
This mineral is used in pencils
Graphite
Indigenous Peoples respected nature and only took what they
Needed
This type of rock forms when melted rock cools.
Igneous rock
This property describes how shiny a mineral is.
What is luster?
What is a fossil?
The preserved remains or trace of a living thing from long ago.
Why do people mine rocks and minerals?
To get materials we use every day.
Name one natural resource Indigenous Peoples used from the Earth.
Rocks, minerals, clay, water, wood, etc.
This type of rock forms from layers of sediment pressed together.
sedimentary rock
This scale measures how hard a mineral is.
Mohs scale
Fossils are most often found in this type of rock.
Sedimentary rock?
Name one way mining can affect the environment.
Pollution, habitat destruction, water contamination, etc.
Why is it important to protect the land when mining?
To keep nature healthy for people, animals, and future generations.
This type of rock changes because of heat and pressure.
Metamorphic rock
Diamond is a 10 on the Mohs scale. What does that mean?
It is the hardest mineral.
Name one thing that can change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock.
Heat and pressure.
Name one mineral used in electronics like phones or computers.
Examples: copper, gold, lithium, silicon.
Indigenous knowledge teaches people to treat the Earth with what?
Respect and care.