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Georgia Performance Standards Framework for Science – Grade 6
MISCONCEPTIONS :
All rocks are the same and it's hard to tell how they originated.
Rocks and minerals are the same thing and distinguishing them is not
important.
Humans can fabricate rocks and minerals; artifacts are the same as
rocks or minerals.
You can test the hardness of a mineral (such as a diamond) by hitting
it with a hammer.
The Stone Mountain granite underlies all of Georgia, or underlies
several states.
Minerals are not important to my life.
All rocks are the same and it’s hard to tell how they originated.
Rocks and minerals are the same thing and distinguishing them is not
important.
Human’s can fabricate rocks and minerals; artifacts are the same as
rocks or minerals.
PROPER CONCEPTIONS
Rocks can be distinguished into many different types, based on their
origins and compositions.
Rocks and minerals are not the same thing; rocks are composed of
minerals which are naturally existing chemical compounds.
Rocks and minerals are naturally occurring substances that are usually
crystalline and solid.
Hardness is tested by scratching.
The Stone Mountain granite is a relatively small granite pluton that
covers an area less than a county in size.
Almost every product we use in daily life contains depends on
minerals that have to be mined.
Rocks can be distinguished into many different types, based on their
origins and compositions.
Rocks and minerals are not the same thing; rocks are composed of
minerals which are naturally existing chemical compounds.
Rocks and minerals are naturally occurring substances that are usually
crystalline and solid.
Georgia Department of Education
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
Unit Organizer: Geology – Rocks and Minerals
January 2007 • Page 4 of 7
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