Rocks, Minerals, and Rock Cycle- Review for Test

Here's a picture of a T-chart comparing Rocks and Minerals. Click on it to see it bigger:

Pictures of the Rock cycle:

Here's a great video we saw in class on the Rock Cycle:

These are notes on the Rock Cycle:

- Rocks transform over millions of years (slow, gradual process)

- The rock cycle can go in any direction (no beginning or end)

- The 3 types of rocks are dependent on each other through their environment

**These are the topics on the next test:

- Mineral characteristics

- Mineral physical properties (all 6)

- 3 types of Rocks, how they form

- The different kinds of rocks (ex- intrusive, extrusive Igneous rock)

- Rock Cycle

Don't forget, you can also review by watching the BrainPop Videos on the 3 types of Rock, the Rock Cycle, and Minerals. The links to these videos are down below. Again, the username is ps220 and the password is brainpop

Here are the links:

BrainPop Video- Types of Rocks

BrainPop Video- Rock Cycle

BrainPop Video- Mineral Identification

Rocks, 3 types explained

Students, these are the detailed notes on the 3 types of Rocks we learned about in class. It will help you understand more about how these rocks formed and how they're different from each other. Click on the pictures to see them bigger:

uRemember, slowly cooling magma inside Earth forms intrusive igneous rock with large crystals.

uFast cooling lava on the outside forms extrusive igneous rock with small or no crystals.

Here is a link to my PowerPoint slides on the 3 types of Rocks --> Slides on 3 types of Rocks

Here is a link to Summary notes on the 3 types of Rocks, it's very detailed (you also got this in class). Check it out --> SUMMARY NOTES ON 3 TYPES OF ROCKS 

And here are some other videos that explain the 3 types of Rocks:

  

Finally, here's an e-LAB you can do on Mineral properties: GLENCOE LAB- Mineral Properties

Plus a game on Rocks, Minerals, and Soil!!:
Game- Rocks, Minerals, & Soil

Mineral topics for TEST

Class, here is a list of topics on the Minerals test:

- Different ways minerals form

- Characteristics of Minerals

- Physical properties of Minerals and understand each one

- How magma cooling fast or slow affects its crystal size

- Understanding the Mohs hardness scale

- Gemstones

Here is a picture showing some characteristics of Minerals: