Rocks & Minerals

 

1, Streak is a mineral property.

  2. Luster is a mineral property.

  3. Hardness is a mineral property.

 4. We use mineral to make jewelry, coins metal objects, plaster, & wires.

5. There are 3 types of rocks (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic)

6Igneous rocks form when melted rock hardens.

7.sedimenteary rocks form over time  by  layers  of  sedimentary  being  squeezed &  stuck  together.

8. Metamorphic rocks form when a rock is put under great heat and pressure.

9.  Rocks can change over time.  Weathering can slowly break a rock into pieces.

10.  In the rock cycle, rocks change form one kind of rock to another.