Question

distinguish between rocks, minerals and ores

Answer 1

Mineral: A mineral contains same substance throughout and it may be either a single chemical or mixtures of chemicals.

Rock: Rock contains two or more minerals.

Ore: Ore is a source of minerals from which we can recover the substance; preferably the metal with an inorganic process profitably.

The difference between mineral, rock and ore are- mineral contains single substance throughout, however, rock contains more than two minerals, and ore contains a commercial source from which a metal can be extracted.

Answer 2

Required Answer : -

❶ Rock ❷ Ores

$\longrightarrow$ The rock is an aggregate of ore or more minerals but without defined composition while are is Rock from which one or more minerals are extracted in definite composition

❸ minerals

$\longrightarrow$ Minerals that contains metal like iron , copper, gold, silver etc are called metallic

➠ They have lustre and shine

➠ They can be converted into than wire and sheets after beting