Minerals and Rocks: Earth Science
Minerals and Rocks: Earth Science
EARTH SCIENCE
QUARTER 1 – MODULE 3
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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the Earth Science Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module Minerals and
Rocks.
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Minerals and Rocks.
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What I Need to Know
Humans have a long history with rock. Certain types of rock have helped us
survive and to develop both our ancient and modern civilizations. The study of rocks
helps answer questions about the history of the Earth and our solar system. Rocks
provide a record of what the Earth and other planets were like before recorded
history.
Rock has been an important natural resource as long as humans have existed.
Early humans used rocks as hammers to make other tools. They discovered that they
could make arrowheads, spear points, knives, and scrapers by carefully hammering
rocks. Rock has also been used for centuries to make buildings, roads, and
monuments. Buildings have been made out of marble, granite, and sandstone,
limestone, and slate. Modern buildings also use concrete, in which rock is an
important ingredient. Concrete is one of the most common building materials used
today.
Minerals and rocks are the significant building blocks of our dynamic Earth.
They make up the solid part of the lithosphere and provide us with valuable resources.
These are over 5,000 minerals but only few occur as rock forming minerals. Rocks are
classified according to their origin of formation. Over time, rocks gradually
transformed from one type to another in what we call Rock cycle. The origin of any
particular rock is determined by careful examination of its texture, composition, and
internal structure.
This is the basis of rock identification and classification. In this module, we will
study the more about rocks and minerals.
Good luck and I hope you will learn a lot from this module and eventually
pursue science courses in the future.
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What I Know
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. What does the presence of tiny crystals in a piece of igneous rock tell you about
it?
A. The molten rock remains melted.
B. The molten rock cooled very slowly.
C. The molten rock cooled very quickly.
D. The molten rock cooled deep under the Earth’s crust.
2. Which of these rocks is an igneous rock?
A. conglomerate
B. granite
C. limestone
D. marble
3. Which statement about metamorphic rocks is correct?
A. They are formed from accumulated debris.
B. They are formed from heated sedimentary rocks only.
C. They are formed when rocks are transported and deposited.
D. They are formed from all types of rocks under intense pressure and
high temperature.
4. Which metamorphic rock is formed from limestone?
A. gabbro
B. marble
C. shale
D. granite
5. Which statement is TRUE about the crystals in metamorphic rocks?
A. In general, the size of crystals increase as the grade of metamorphism
increases.
B. Metamorphic rocks can exhibit great variation in crystal size
C. The size of crystals in metamorphic rocks is determined by heat and
pressure.
D. any of the above
6. Which of the following is the correct order in the formation of sedimentary rocks?
A. Deposition>cementation>compaction
B. Compaction> deposition>cementation
C. Deposition>compaction>cementation
D. Cementation>compaction>deposition
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7. Which type of rocks never contains fossils?
A. Igneous rock
B. Foliated metamorphic rock
C. Non-foliated metamorphic rock
D. Sedimentary rock
8. In a cliff, where are the oldest layers of rocks made of sedimentary rocks
usually found?
A. At the top
B. In the middle
C. At the bottom
D. Nowhere to be found
9. If you live in areas near volcanoes, which type of rock would likely to be found
in the area?
A. Igneous
B. Sedimentary
C. Metamorphic
D. Porous
10. Which of the oxides below is present on the surface of a reddish brown rock?
A. iron oxide
B. calcium oxide
C. aluminum oxide
D. manganese oxide
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Lesson
Minerals and Rocks
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What’s In
Batanes is surrounded by major bodies of water including the South China Sea
and the Pacific Ocean, hence it doesn’t have a very stable climate. The Ivatan houses
are not the typical houses you can find in the Philippines. The Ivatan people, an
ethnolinguistic group of the Batanes province in the northernmost part of the country,
built the now-famous stone houses for a very good reason: to protect them against the
harsh environmental conditions. The Ivatan houses are made of metre-thick limestone
and coral walls as well as cogon grass roofs, and they are sturdy enough to withstand
strong winds. It commonly consists of two structures, the house proper and the
kitchen or storage area. The main house has the larger area and is usually made of
lime, stone, wood, and thatch. The heavier materials (lime and stone) provide better
shelter from the constant rains. The kitchen or storage area is usually made of wood
and thatch.
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What’s New
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What is It
TYPES OF ROCKS
IGNEOUS ROCK
Igneous rocks got its name from a Latin word “ignis” which means fire. The
parent material of igneous rocks is usually magma, a molten material from deep
within the Earth that cools and hardens. Igneous rocks may be classified into two
groups according to where the magma cools and solidifies.
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Intrusive or Plutonic igneous rocks are formed when magma rise and flow into
the cracks in the crust but do not reach the surface; instead they harden deep inside
the crust. They cools slowly and takes thousands or even millions of years to solidify
because the surrounding rocks are also hot.
The slow rate of cooling often forms large crystals. These rocks are usually coarse
grained in texture. Most common examples of igneous intrusive rocks are granite,
gabbro, and diorite.
Mineralogy4kids.org
Extrusive or Volcanic are formed when magma reached the surface or erupt
onto the surface from volcanoes. The extrusion is called as lava. When lava cools it
solidifies. Lava cools faster and solidifies quickly. The rapid cooling rate gives very little
opportunity for crystal to form. Others would have no crystal at all so they are
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described as glassy. They have fine grained texture. Most common examples of
igneous intrusive rocks are basalt, obsidian, and andesite.
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SEDIMENTARY ROCK
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There are three main types of sedimentary rocks namely: clastic which are
derived from weathered & fragmented rock(e.g. mudstone, shale, sandstone), chemical
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which are dissolved minerals transported in solution & precipitated(e.g. limestone,
evaporates) and organic which are remains of dead organisms may contain fossils of
plants and animals trapped in the sediments as the rock was formed (.e.g. coal)
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METAMORPHIC ROCK
Metamorphic rocks are rocks changed by heat and /or pressure. It gets its
name from meta (change) and morph (form). The change is transformation of the
rock’s mineralogy and physical characteristics. Metamorphic rocks have been modified
by heat, pressure, and chemical processes, usually while buried deep below Earth's
surface. Exposure to these extreme conditions has altered the mineralogy, texture,
and chemical composition of the rocks. (e.g. marble, quartzite)
There are two types of metamorphic rocks rocks. Non Foliated are metamorphic
rocks that are formed around igneous intrusions where the temperatures are high but
the pressures are relatively low and equal in all directions (confining pressure). The
original minerals within the rock recrystallize into larger sizes and the atoms become
more tightly packed together, increasing the density of the rock. Foliated are
metamorphic rocks formed within the Earth's interior under extremely high pressures
that are unequal, occurring when the pressure is greater in one direction than in the
others (directed pressure). This causes the minerals in the original rock to reorient
themselves with the long and flat minerals aligning perpendicular to the greatest
pressure direction. This reduces the overall pressure on the rock and gives it a
stripped look. (e.g. Slate, serpentine, gneiss, schist, phyllite)
Mineralogy4kids.org
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ROCK CYCLE
Rock cycle summarizes the transformational processes that change rocks from
one kind to another. Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into
metamorphic rock. Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into
igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock.
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MINERALS
Minerals are naturally occurring homogeneous substance which has a more or
less definite atomic structure. Minerals have different physical properties to help
identify them. These are:
Color or the absorption of the certain wave lengths of light by atoms making up the
crystal. Color and appearance in light depends upon the composition and structure of
the substance.
Streak is the colour of mineral powder. It is obtained by rubbing the mineral against
an unglazed porcelain plate called the “streak plate”.
Luster is the way minerals reflect the light from its surface
Hardness is the resistance of a mineral to scratching or abrasion.
Habit of a mineral is the size and shape of the crystals, and the structure or form
shown by the crystals.
Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break more easily with smooth surfaces along
planes of weak bonding.
Fracture is the way a mineral breaks when it does not yield along cleavage or parting
surface.
Feel is the sensation upon touching or handling minerals . The different types of feel
are “greasy” , “soapy”, “rough” , and “harsh” .
Tenacity of mineral denotes the degree or character of cohesion. These could be sectile,
malleable, or flexible.
Magnetism is the attractability of the mineral to the magnet.
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Fluorescence is the way minerals produce a color quite different from their own.
Specific gravity is a number which represents the ratio of the weight of a mineral to the
weight of an equal volume of water. Thus a mineral with specific gravity 4.0 is four
times as heavy as water.
Form is the internal atomic arrangement of a mineral is manifested outwardly by
development of geometrical shapes of crystal structure.
What’s More
2. In which set are the rock drawings labeled with their correct rock types?
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3. Most of the rocks shown were formed by
A. volcanic eruptions and crystallization
B. compaction and/or cementation
C. heat and pressure
D. melting and/or solidification
4. Which two rocks are composed primarily of quartz, feldspar, and clay minerals?
A. rock salt and conglomerate
B. rock salt and brecias
C. sandstone and shale
D. sandstone and limestone
The diagram below shows the index minerals of Mohs hardness scale compared with
the hardness of some objects.
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7. Which rock most probably formed 8. Which physical property of halite is
directly from lava cooling quickly at demonstrated by this pattern of breakage?
earth’s surface?
A. Hardness
B. Streak
C. Cleavage
D. Luster
Base your answers to questions 9 and 10 on the diagram below which shows three
minerals with three different physical test A, B, and C, being performed on them.
9. Which sequence correctly
matches A, B, and C, with
mineral property tested?
A. Cleavage, streak, hardness
B. Cleavage, hardness, streak
C. Streak, cleavage, hardness
D. Streak, hardness, cleavage
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The sequence of the diagram below represents the gradual geologic changes in layer X,
located just below the Earth’s surface.
12. Which rock was formed by 13. Which crystals most likely
rapid cooling in a volcanic flow? formed from molten material that
cooled and solidified most rapidly?
14. Which rock is metamorphic and show 15. Halite has three cleavage at
evidence of foliation? directions at 90 degree to each other.
Which model best represents the shape
of a broken sample of halite?
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What I Have Learned
C. Direction: Read the following statements and fill in the missing word/ phrase.
1. Igneous rocks may be classified into two groups according to where the
cools and solidifies.
2. The slow rate of cooling often forms in intrusive or plutonic
igneous rocks.
3. Extrusive igneous rocks are usually in texture.
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4. Extrusive or volcanic rocks are formed when magma reached the surface or erupt
onto the surface from volcanoes. The extrusion is called as .
5. When the river reaches a lake or sea, the transported rock pieces settle at the
bottom. This process is called .
6. Metamorphic rocks have been modified by , usually
while buried deep below Earth's surface.
7. are naturally occurring homogeneous substance which has a
more or less definite atomic structure.
8. is a number which represents the ratio of the weight of a
mineral to the weight of an equal volume of water.
9. The cooling rate in igneous rocks gives very little opportunity
for crystal to form.
10. The rocks that are deposited are called which build up strata.
What I Can Do
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Second, make "metamorphic" chocolate:
1. Place a small pile of your sedimentary chocolate, maybe some of your original
unused shavings, and a couple of small chunks from your original blocks into
aluminum foil or a cupcake holder.
2. Float this concoction on medium hot water.
3. Watch as the heat from the water transfers to the foil and chocolate, which should
start to melt.
4. Remove the foil when the chocolate is soft to the touch (for safety, use the plastic
knife, not fingers).
5. Let the chocolate cool. The partially melted and cooled chocolate is now similar to
metamorphic rock.
Third, make "igneous" chocolate:
1. Place a small pile of sedimentary and metamorphic chocolate and some chunks
from the original blocks into your aluminum foil or cupcake holder.
2. Float this concoction on very hot water.
3. Watch as the heat transfers from the water to the foil and melting chocolate. Allow
the chocolate to melt until a smooth liquid forms.
4. Carefully remove the molten chocolate and let it cool, still contained in aluminum.
Your melted and cooled chocolate is now similar to igneous rock
Guide Questions:
1. Describe the how do the chocolates represents each type of rocks.
2. Explain the process of rock cycle in relation to the chocolate experiment you just
performed.
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Assessment
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. These are metamorphic rocks that are formed around igneous intrusions where
the temperatures are high but the pressures are relatively low and equal in all
directions.
A. plutonic C. foliated
B. volcanic D. non foliated
2. These are metamorphic rock which do not have a layered or banded appearance.
A. felsic C. foliated
B. mafic D. non foliated
3. These are metamorphic rocks that are formed within the Earth's interior under
extremely high pressures that are unequal, occurring when the pressure is
greater in one direction than in the others
A. plutonic C. non foliated
B. volcanic D. foliated
4. These are naturally occurring homogeneous substance which has a more or
less definite atomic structure
A. mineral C. soil
B. rocks D. stones
5. When a rock is subjected to heat and pressure, the resulting rock will be:
A. igneous C. sedimentary
B. metamorphic D. organic
6. Which of the following refers to a process of cementing soft, unconsolidated
sediment into hard rocks?
A. deposition C. lithification
B. mineralization D. solidification
7. Which of the following is the parent material of an igneous rock?
A. magma C. sediments
B. mineral D. soil
8. The parent material of sedimentary rock are sediments which resulted from:
A. molten material C. weathering and erosion
B. heat and pressure D. temperature and gravity
9. Hardness of minerals can be determined through the following except one:
A. scratch with finger nails C. scratch with penny
B. scratch with knife D. burning
10. It is the tendency of a mineral to break more easily with smooth surfaces along
planes of weak bonding.
A. cleavage C. hardness
B. fracture D. steak
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Direction: Complete the diagram below.
Additional
Activities
The rock cycle explains how the three rock types are related to each other, and
how processes change from one type to another over time. This cyclical aspect makes
rock change a geologic cycle and, on planets containing life, a biogeochemical cycle. In
this activity, you are going to make an analogy of a rock cycle and your life. Create a
composition as you relate your own life in a rock cycle. It can be in the form of an
essay, a song, a poem, a drawing/ illustration etc.
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Answer Key
What I Know
1. C
2. B 3. D 5. D 7. A 9. A
4. B 6. C 8. C 10. A
B.
1. F 3. T 5. T 7. F 9. F
2. F 4. T 6. F 8. T 10. T
C.
1. magma 6. heat, pressure, and chemical
2. large crystals processes
3. fine 7. minerals
4. lava 8. specific gravity
5. deposition 9. rapid
10. sediments
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Answer may vary.
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Assessment
1. D
2. D 3. D 5. B 7. A 9. D
4. A 6. C 8. C 10. A
1. igneous rock
2. magma
3. metamorphic rock
4. sediments
5. sedimentary rocks
Additional Activities
Answers may vary.
References
Miller, G.Tyler, et al. (2014). Earth Science. Philippine Edition. Ortigas Avenue, Pasig
City. Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd (Philippine Branch)