When comparing a rock and a mineral, which statement clarifies the difference

A: rocks are the ingredients of minerals

B: minerals are the ingredients of rocks

C: a rock and a mineral are the same thing

D: rocks are ionic chemical compounds, minerals are not

A mineral, in order to be a mineral has to be a solid, naturally occuring, inorganic, definite chemical compistion, and have an ordered atomic arrangement.

Statement B clarifies the difference between a rock and a mineral.

Explanation:

A mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic element. It has characteristic properties which are both chemical and physical in crystal forms. These are extracted from rocks. Examples of minerals include mica, calcite, quartz etc. Rock contains one or more minerals that exist naturally in nature. Different methods are used for extraction depending up on the location, strength, grade of the rock. Examples of rock include limestone, basalt, granite, sandstone, glacier etc. Glaciers are also rocks that contains mineral ice in crystalline form.