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Chapter 2: Earth Materials and Processes: Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils

This document discusses the formation and classification of rocks. It describes an experiment where students examine 5 rock samples to identify their properties, including texture, color, size of particles, mass, volume, and density. The experiment allows students to classify rocks and see that they differ based on these physical characteristics. Rocks are formed through various geologic processes and can be igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic depending on their origin.

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Chapter 2: Earth Materials and Processes: Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils

This document discusses the formation and classification of rocks. It describes an experiment where students examine 5 rock samples to identify their properties, including texture, color, size of particles, mass, volume, and density. The experiment allows students to classify rocks and see that they differ based on these physical characteristics. Rocks are formed through various geologic processes and can be igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic depending on their origin.

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Chapter 2: Earth Materials and

Processes

Minerals, Rocks, and


Fossils
In this chapter, you must be able to:

 Classify rocks into igneous, sedimentary


and metamorphic;
 Identify common rock-forming minerals
using their physical and chemical
properties.
Facts:

 The word “rock” refers to the solid mass of


the lithosphere. It is a naturally occurring
solid mixture of one or more different
minerals and other organic matter.
 The science that is concerned with the
study of rocks is called “Petrology”.
Guide Question:

 But how are rocks formed?


 Do rocks differ from one another?
Experiment No.1:Rock, Baby Rock!

 Objective: To identify the properties of


rocks.
Materials Needed:

 5 different rock samples


 Magnifying glass
 Water
 Beaker
 5 strip of colored paper for labeling
 Platform balance
Part 1: What to do?

 Label the rock samples A, B, C, D, E.


 Rub your hands over each rock. Feel the texture
of the surface of each rock.
 Hold the rocks in such a way that bright light hits
its surface. Observe carefully the surface.
 Using a hand lens, examine closely the physical
make-up of the rock’s surface.
Write your descriptions in the table below:
TABLE 1

Rock Texture COLOR SIZE of


Sample (fine or coarse) (light, dark, glassy) PARTICLES
(Large, small or
None)

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Part 1: What happened?

 After rubbing your finger over the rocks, how did


the surface feel?
 When the rocks were exposed to bright light, did
you see colors? What are they?
 Using the hand lens, did you see particles on the
rocks? Can you describe them?
Part 2: What to do?

 Determine the mass of each rock sample using the


platform balance.
 Measure the volume by applying the water
displacement method.
 Calculate for the density of each rock sample.
Write your data in the table below:
TABLE 2

Rock MASS VOLUME DENSITY


Sample (g) (cm^3) (g/cm^3)

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Part 2: What happened?

 Which rock is most dense? Why?


 Which rock is the least dense? Why?
Part 3: What now?

 Do rocks differ from one another? How do they


differ?
 What geologic findings would account for the
difference in densities of rocks?

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