Rocks and Minerals

Did you know? 😇

*Crust of the earth is made up with rocks.
*Rock is aggregate of one or more minerals. 

Therefore we have to consider both to get brief knowledge.

Minerals

*A mineral is a solid which naturally occurring because of the inorganic substance.

*It is made from the remains animals and plants.

             Uses of Minerals ↧↧↧

• To clean teeth
• To build cars
• To build computers
• To fertilize soil
• Use in dentistry
• Use in beverage cans,cosmetics(ex:Aluminium)
• etc

Rocks

*Rocks are made with one or more minerals.

*Rocks have different shapes and types.

*But because of some reasons their shape and type get change.Reasons for that are listed below ↧↧↧

1. Wind
2. water
3. Pressure
4. Heat

*There are 3 types of Rocks

1. Igneous rocks
2. Sedimentary rocks
3. Metamorphic rocks

(01) Igneous Rocks

Granite

*This type of rock is made from hot melted rock from inside the Earth cool down and goes hard.


Did you know? 😇

*Granite rock was used to build the Empire State building in NY.

(02)Sedimentary Rocks

*This type of rock is made when layers of sand,mud and seashells pill up as a sediment and get squashed together.

White Cliffs (This is made from the shells of tiny sea creatures)

(03)Metamorphic Rocks


       

Marble

*This is a rock which changed by great heat and pressure.

Did you know? 😇

*Marble is used for the Sculpture.

Earth's rocks are millions of years old.Day by day new rocks are being generated 😇. 

That's all for this article. Let's meet again with a new article.

Thank you! 😊