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minerals and rocks 4th grade

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What are minerals?

They are pure, natural, inorganic substances

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What are rocks?

They are natural inorganic substances made of minerals or other rocks

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What are the 4 characteristics of minerals?

Lustre, colour, hardness and crystal structure.

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What is lustre?

The shiny of a mineral

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What is hardness?

The resistance of a mineral to be scratched

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What is the crytal structure?

The shapes the minerals have.

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What is the scale hat measures hardness?

The Moss Hardness scale

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What is the hardest mineral?

Diamond

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What is the mineral that is in the bottom of the Moss Hardness Scale?

Talc

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What are the 3 types of rocks?

Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

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What are sedimentary rocks made of?

Minerals, fragments of other rocks, shells, etc.

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What are igneous rocks made of?

Magma that solidifies

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What are metamorphic rocks made of?

Pressure and heat applied to other rocks

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Name a use of minerals

open answer

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Name a use of minerals

open answer

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Name a use of rocks

open answer

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