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| A substance with a difinite chemical make up. |
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| What is a mineral made of? |
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| What are the two most abundant elements in the earth's crust? |
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1 Cooled lava or magma
2 Evaporation
3 Solubility
4 Compression. |
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| A mineral with a specific geometric shape. |
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| A mineral that forms too quickly to have a definate shape. |
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| The study of minerals and rocks. |
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| Which is more specific, geology or mineralogy? |
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| How do you test a mineral speciman? |
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| Streak, color, hardness, shine(luster), Splitting(none, 1, 2, or 3 directional. |
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| What are the special properties that some minerals have? |
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| Magnetic, double refraction, flourescant(under black light), and precious gem. |
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| What is a nonrenewable resource? |
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| What is a renewable resource? |
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| A substance that can produce more of something. |
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| A deposite of a resource that might be mined some day. |
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| What major mineral resources does our nation possess? |
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| Iron, copper, potash, aluminum, and lead. |
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| What are diamonds and garnet used for? |
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| What is calcite used for? |
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| What are calcite and gypsum used for? |
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| What is hamatite used for? |
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| What is graphite used for? |
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| A metal of importance along with other stuff. To get the metal by itself you must smelt it. |
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| A metal found pure in the ground. |
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| What percent of all the minerals in Earth's crust are members of the silicate family? |
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| What are the two main elements found in silicates? |
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| What is the basic crysal strutcure of a silicate? |
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| A triangle based Egyption pyramid. |
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| The movement of the broken down rock. |
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| What are the 9 types of physical weathering? |
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| Movement of water, freeze-thaw, plant life, wind, gravity on mountains, human activity, animal activity, glaciers, and heating-cooling. |
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| What are the 3 types of chemical weathering? |
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| Oxidation, hydrolysis, and acid activity. |
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| Oxygen combining with elements to from a weak substance. |
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| Water combining with minerals to become mushy clay. |
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| The height of wind born waves depend on what factors? |
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| wind speed, lenght of time, and fetch. |
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| The motion of water up the beach. |
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| The water going back down the beach under the wave. |
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| What are the 4 things that can tear down a rocky shoreline? |
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| Storm waves, Air and water, Sand and pebbles, and seawater. |
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| What are the main elements found in carbonates? |
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| calcium, carbon, and oxygen. |
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| What is the basic crystal structure of a carbonate. |
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| What are the two main elements found in sulfides? |
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| What is the basic crystal structure of a sulfide? |
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| A substance made of 2 or more minerals. |
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| What are the three families of rock? |
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| Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. |
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| All igneous rocks begin as ___________. |
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| Igneous rocks are classified by their_______ and__________. |
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| mineral makeup, and %composition. |
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| What is the difference between intrusive and extrusive rock? |
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| Intrusive form in crust, and extrusive form in the water or air. |
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| What is the difference between Felsic and Mafic rock? |
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| Felsic rocks are light colored and low in density while Mafic rocks are the opposite. |
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| What are examples, mineral makeup and percent composition of Granite? |
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Ex. Obsidian, pumice, rhyolite, and granite.
Makeup: Quartz, feldspars, micas, serpentine and hornblend.
65% or more felsic. |
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| What are examples, mineral makeup and percent composition of Gabbro. |
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Ex. Basalt pumice, and gabbro.
Makeup: Quartz, feldspars, micas, serpentine and hornblend.
65% or more mafic. |
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| Rock cut away to the high tide level. |
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| A sea cave where the walls were cut through. |
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| A cliff where a notch deepens. |
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| The area of shore between the high and low tide levels. |
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| A pile of sand in the middle of a body of water. |
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| Sandbars that reach the shore. |
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| A spit with a curved end. |
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| What are barrier islands? |
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| Sandbars that form on coasts with straight lines. |
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| U shaped beaches found between the mainland and barrier islands. |
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| Groundwater that contains large amounts of dissolved minerals, contributed by limestone. |
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| What type of rock will caves form in? |
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| A large mass of compacted snow and ice that moves under the force of graviy. |
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| the beggining of a glacier, semicircular. |
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| The divide between two glaciers. |
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