Download Rock or Mineral?

E: How do we distinguish between rocks and minerals?
A: Anticipation Guide, Rocks Vs. Minerals.
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•Preview vocabulary: Mineral, inorganic, crystals, rock while reading
text pages 268-270.
•Show video Earth Science In Action: Minerals.
•Have students fill in Focus Questions as they view the video. Discuss
after the video.
•Put samples on each table group, “Rock or mineral.” “Why?” Discuss.
•Revisit Anticipations Guide, correcting all False statements.
S: Explain one way rocks and minerals are similar and one way they are
different?
Before
Rocks vs. Minerals
Anticipation Guide
After
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1. Minerals are made of rocks.
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2. Coal is a mineral.
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3. Minerals are always made
from melted rock inside the
Earth.
4. The particles in a specific
mineral are always the same.
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5. All minerals have a
crystalline structure.
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How do we
distinguish
between
rocks and
minerals?
Mineral
Inorganic
Inorganic, solid
materials found in
nature, made of like
particles.
Not formed by plants
or animals.
Rocks
Two or more minerals
combined.
Crystals
An orderly, repeating
pattern of atoms.
What is a Mineral?
• Naturally occurring
• Inorganic
• Characteristics have constant
chemical composition
• Distinctive physical properties
• Crystalline structure
• Formed from magma or water
What is a Rock
• A rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of
minerals and/or other rock fragments.
• Rocks are classified based on their method of
formation.
How do we distinguish between
rocks and minerals?
Rocks
Minerals
Rocks don’t always
look the same
throughout
Rocks are made up of
2 or more minerals
Minerals always look
the same throughout
(homogenous)
Minerals are NOT
made of rocks
Video: “Earth Science in Action:
Minerals”
Rock or Mineral?
• Look the same throughout
• Mineral
Rock or Mineral?
Apatite Mineral
Rock or Mineral?
Gneiss Rock
Rock or Mineral?
• Don’t always look the same
• Rock
Rock or Mineral?
Calcite Mineral
Rock or Mineral?
Gypsum mineral
Rock or Mineral?
• Has a crystalline structure
• Mineral
Rock or Mineral?
Conglomerate Rock
Rock or Mineral?
Fluorite Mineral
Rock or Mineral?
Schist Rock
Rock or Mineral?
• Made up of two or more minerals
• Rock
Rock or Mineral?
Rock Shale
Rock or Mineral?
Diamond Mineral
Rock or Mineral?
Sandstone rock
Rock or Mineral?
Quartz Mineral
Before
Rocks vs. Minerals
Anticipation Guide
After
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1. Minerals are made of rocks.
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T
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2. Coal is a mineral.
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F
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F
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F
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3. Minerals are always made
from melted rock inside the
Earth.
4. The particles in a specific
mineral are always the same.
T
F
T
F
5. All minerals have a
crystalline structure.
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F
Ticket Out the Door
• Explain one way rocks and minerals are similar
and one way they are different