Question

The building blocks of rocks are

minerals
dried mud
atoms
molecules
@e.mccormick @bingtamekia

Answer 1

Ah, which do you think?

Answer 2

Atoms are considered the building blocks of all things, but minerals could be correct as well if and only if You're talking about sedimentary rock. I would go with atoms.

Answer 3

its atoms for sure?
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Answer 4

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Answer 5

um yes definitely atoms

Answer 6

ok :)

Answer 7

No. Atoms are the building block of everything, but you are going too far when you say they are specifically the building block for rocks.

Answer 8

oh so its not atoms?

Answer 9

In the natual world, the building block is usually the next step down. You have to go several stps to get to atoms, and why stop there? you could say quarks! Which is just as useless. Atoms are the building blocks of molecules because a molecule is a collection of atoms. It is that sort of one step relationship.

Answer 10

so the answer is molecules?

Answer 11

This is kind of a confusing question

Answer 12

I suppose it could be molecules, but I personally would say it's atoms, simply because atoms are referred to as "the building blocks of everything"

Answer 13

Yes, but they are not specific to rocks... neither are molecules.

Answer 14

so whats the answer?

Answer 15

Both of them are correct, you just have to base your answer on which one you think answers the specific question the best. Again, I would go with atoms.

Answer 16

In any traditional Earth Science, the answer is not going to be that far removed from rocks.

What is a rock, any rock, made of? You might see a piece of granite with mostly white quartz in it with flects of pink feildspar and black biotite.

Answer 17

is the answer minerals?
@e.mccormick

Answer 18

Yep.