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| It is a common constituent of sedimentary rocks, limestone in particular. |
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| When a mineral breaks if it is smooth and flat it has cleavage. |
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| One of the ways that a mineralogist uses to clasify minerals. |
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| Is the ability of a mineral to resist being scratched. |
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| Luster describes how a mineral reflects light from its surface. |
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| Viscous is a pearly clay, found in some luster. Shiny like glass. |
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| Transparent is where you can see through it. |
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| When a mineral breaks but does NOT leave cleavage it is a fracture. |
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| When you try to look through a mineral and you can barely see through it, it is translucent. |
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| Opague is when you can NOT see through a mineral at all. |
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| Streak is a color of a mineral in a powder form. |
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| WHAT ARE THE 7 PROPERTIES OF A MINERALS? |
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| 1. Streak
2. Crystal Shape
3. Fracture
4. Hardness
5. Transparency
6. Luster
7. Color |
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| WHAT ARE THE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS? |
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Volcanic which is Extrusive
Plutonic which is Intrusive |
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| HOW ARE IGNEOUS ROCKS MADE? |
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| Plutonic rocks are formed from melted rock called magma.
Volcanic rocks are formed when volcanoes erupt. When the magma appears above earth it is called Lava. Volcanic rocks are formed as the lava cools above ground. |
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| Melted rock inside the earth. |
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| When Magma appears above the earth it is called Lava. |
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| Water deposited rocks are called sedimentary rocks. They are made of up of any type of rock material that has broken down. Small bits are called sediment. |
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| Igneous rocks are formed from cooled and hardened magma. |
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| WHAT ARE THE THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS? |
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| 1. Clastic
2. Chemical
3. Organic |
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| HOW ARE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS MADE? |
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| 1. Clastic-sedimentary rocks are formed from fragments of other rocks. example: shale & sandstone
2. Chemical-sedimentary rocks are formed from mineral grains that fall out of a solution. example rock salt and most limestones
3. Organic-sedimentary rocks are formed from the remains of plants and animals. example: coal |
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| WHAT IS THE PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSTION? |
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| Superposition is how the layers of rocks and soil are layered down according to age. The oldest layer is on the bottom and the youngest layer is on the top. |
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| Metomorphic rocks are rocks that when heat and pressure are applied will change. |
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| WHAT ARE THE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF METOMORPHIC ROCKS? |
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| 1. Foliated-layers splits easy
2. Non-foliated-no visable layers,like marble |
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| NAME THE PARENT METOMORPHIC ROCK FOR QUARTZITE |
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| NAME THE PARENT METOMORPHIC ROCK FOR MARBLE |
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| NAME THE PARENT METOMORPHIC ROCK FOR SLATE |
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| NAME THE PARENT METOMORPHIC ROCK FOR GNEISS (pronounced nice) |
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| NAME THE PARENT METOMORPHIC ROCK FOR SCHIST |
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| Plutonic Rocks are igneous rocks, supposed to have consolidated from a melted state at a great depth from the surface from a melted state at a great depth from the surface. |
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| Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust. |
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| Sand is defined by its size. Sand is larger than silt and smaller than gravel. |
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| Minerals are inorganic substance occurring in nature, having definite physical properties, and, usually, a definite crystalline form. |
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| Rocks and minerals that have been cut and polished. |
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| Humus is the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth. |
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| Igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface. |
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| A very hard mineral composed of silica, found worldwide in many different types of rocks, including sandstone and granite. |
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| WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEATHERING AND EROSION? |
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| Weathering is different from erosion because the weathering process by nature is gradual. Erosion is different because it takes material away from the earths surface. |
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| WHAT ARE THE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF SAND? |
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| The wearing away of the earths surface. |
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| Wentworth is the scale geologists use to compare rock particle sizes. |
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| Ice wedging is when the temp drops below 0 degrees it freezes and water is in the cracks of rocks. The ice freezes and expands and the rock cracks. |
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| Natural cement is when dissolved minerals settle and bind together. Silica, iron oxide, and calcite are examples of the minerals. |
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| Sedimentary rocks show special features that help identify them. One of these is stratification which is the arrangement of layers. |
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| DESCRIBE HOW CONSTRUCTIVE FORCES BUILD UP THE EARTHS SURFACE. THREE EXAMPLES |
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| 1. Mountain building-Convegent plates smashes into continental plates.
2. Volcanoes
3. Island formation-oceanic to oceanic convergent plates. |
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| DESCRIBE HOW DESTRUCTIVE FORCES BUILD UP THE EARTHS SURFACE. THREE EXAMPLES |
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| 1. Weathering
2. Erosion-wind, water and wave wash away the earth's crust
3. Subduction |
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