Earth Science

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MODULE 2 – Earth Sci Subject Teacher:

MODULE 2 ASSESSMENT
NAME:__________________________________________ SCORE:_________
YEAR AND SECTION:_____________________________ DATE: _________

Test Your Understanding!

I.INSTRUCTION: Research on 3 rocks (one for each rock type) and include in the discussion the
following:
a. history of formation;
b. common environment of formation;
c. common textures; and
d. common use of the rock

Please refer to the rubrics provided below. Use a clean yellow sheet of paper.
Excellent Very Good Average Needs Unacceptable
(5) (4) (3) Improvement (1)
(2)
Content It is clear and It is mostly The writer is Topic is not well- As yet, the paper
focused. It focused, and beginning to defined and/or has no clear
holds the has some good define the there are too sense of purpose
reader's details and topic, even many topics. or central
attention. quotes. though theme. To
Relevant details development is extract meaning
and quotes still basic or from the text, the
enrich the general. reader must
central theme. make inferences
based on
sketchy or
missing details.
Organization The Paper (and The Sentences The writing lacks
organization paragraphs) organizational within a clear sense of
enhances and are mostly structure is paragraphs direction. Ideas,
showcases the organized, in strong enough make sense, details, or events
central idea or order, and to move the but the order of seem strung
theme. The makes sense to reader through paragraphs together in a
order, structure the reader. the text without does not. loose or random
of information is too much fashion; there is
compelling and confusion. no identifiable
moves the internal structure.
reader through
the text.
Sentence The writing has The writing The text hums The text seems The reader has
Fluency an easy flow, mostly flows, along with a choppy and is to practice quite
rhythm, and and usually steady beat, not easy to a bit in order to
cadence. invites oral but tends to be read orally. give this paper a
Sentences are reading. more fair interpretive
well built, with businesslike reading.
strong and than musical,
varied structure more
that invites mechanical
expressive oral than fluid.
reading.
Total Score
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Tel. Nos.: (+6374) 442-3316, 442-8220; 444-2786;
442-2564; 442-8219; 442-8256; Fax No.: 442-6268 Grade Level/Section:
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MODULE 2 – Earth Sci Subject Teacher:

Activity 2
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINERALS

NAME:__________________________________________ SCORE:_________
YEAR AND SECTION:_____________________________ DATE: _________

OBJECTIVES
a. To determine the different properties of minerals that composes rocks.
b. To be familiarized with some minerals according to their different properties.

MATERIALS
◦ Newspaper ◦ Vinegar
◦ 5 different rock samples ◦ A piece of broken clay flower pot
◦ Hand lens (only if available) ◦ Piece of glass
◦ Steel knife
◦ Medicine dropper/spoon ◦ Small hammer

PROCEDURES
Examine the rock samples. How can you differentiate one rock from another?
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1. Rub one rock sample at a time on the broken piece of clay pot.
a. What do you see on the pot?
Answer:
____________________________________________________________________________
b. What is the color?
Answer:
____________________________________________________________________________
c. Is the color of the mark the same as the color of the rock sample which you have
rubbed?
Answer:
____________________________________________________________________________

2. Scratch each rock sample with your thumbnail. Did your thumbnail leave a mark on the
rock?
3. If your thumbnail did not leave a mark on the rock, scratch the rock with a piece of glass. If
no mark results, scratch the rock sample with the steel knife. Fill in the table.

ROCK SAMPLE THUMBNAIL GLASS STEEL KNIFE

Rock sample 1

Rock sample 2

Rock sample 3
Rock sample 4

Rock sample 5

a. What property of the rock are you testing when you try to scratch it with different
things?
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Answer: _______________________________________
b. How will you describe the rock samples scratched by your thumbnail?
Answer: _______________________________________
c. How will you describe the rock samples scratched by the piece of glass?
Answer: _______________________________________
d. How will you describe the rock samples scratched by the steel knife?
Answer: _______________________________________
e. Which of these rocks is the softest? ______________________________
f. Which of these rocks is the hardest? _____________________________

4. Line your work table with newspapers to protect it from the acid. Place the rock samples in a
row on the newspaper. Put a drop or more of the acid on each rock sample. Use a hand
lens in observing the rocks while making the test. (If lens is not available make sure to have a
well-lighted place.)
a. In which rock sample do bubbles for,?
_______________________________________________
b. In which rock samples do bubbles not form?
_________________________________________
c. What does bubbling tell about the rock samples?
Answer:
____________________________________________________________________________

5. Examine one rock with a hand lens. (If none, examine the rock under the sun.) Try breaking
it. Observe how it breaks. Does the rock break into small uneven pieces or regularly shaped
pieces or thin sheets?
Answer: _______________________________________

DOCUMENTATION
Paste your documentation below showing the results of the Activity. Make sure to label the pictures
properly.