Rocks are like Chex Mix

Name Those Pieces Corn Chex Wheat Chex Circle Pretzels Window Pretzels Bagel Chips Rye Chips Breadstix

Granite

Name those Pieces QUARTZ MICA FELDSPAR

Title: Rocks Notes Rocks are like Chex mix a. Made of minerals .

Identifying Rocks: a. Texture b. Color c. Mineral composition

Title: Rocks Notes Rocks are like Chex mix Identifying Rocks a. Made of minerals Identifying Rocks a. Texture- b. Color- c. Mineral composition- .

Texture The look and feel of a rock’s surface

Color The color(s) of a rock

Mineral Composition The type of minerals that make up a rock

Title: Rocks Notes Rocks are like Chex mix Identifying Rocks a. Made of minerals Identifying Rocks a. Texture- b. Color- c. Mineral composition- Texture a. Grain size- b. Grain shape- c. Grain pattern-

Texture Grain size- fine (small) or coarse (large)

Texture Grain shape- round or jagged

Texture Grain pattern- banded or non-banded

Title: Rocks Notes Texture 3 major rock groups Rocks are like Chex mix a. Made of minerals Identifying Rocks a. Texture- b. Color- c. Mineral composition- Texture a. Grain size- b. Grain shape- c. Grain pattern- 3 major rock groups a. Igneous- b. Metamorphic- c. Sedimentary-

Igneous Rocks made from magma/lava cooling and hardening

Metamorphic Rocks made from heat and pressure deep inside the Earth

Sedimentary Rocks made when pieces of rock are compressed together