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-formed in nature
- it is a solid - is nonliving - has a crystalline structure
What four characteristics do ALL minerals share?
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A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.
What is a rock?
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10-70km thick. Outermost layer, made up of minerals and rocks. There are two parts of the crust. The continental and oceanic crust.
What are the characteristics of the crust?
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Large pieces of the lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere.
What is a tectonic plate?
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Luster, color, cleavage & fracture, streak, hardness, special properties
When scientists are trying to identify a mineral they perform a series of tests. List the 7 different tests that can be performed in identifying minerals.
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The continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material.
What is the rock cycle?
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2800-3200km thick, dense rocks. Convection currents can occur here.
What are the characteristics of the mantle?
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Mohs Hardness Scale
What is the name of the scale that scientists use to classify the hardness of a mineral?
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Weathering and erosion creates sediments. Then, compaction and cementation creates a sedimentary rock.
Organic-fossils Clastic-made from pebbles and rocks.
How do you create a sedimentary rock?
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2100km thick, liquid iron and nickel.
What are the characteristics of the outer core?
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Metallic, submetallic, and nonmetallic
What 3 classifications of luster can a mineral be?
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Heat and pressure
Foilated- contain aligned grains of flat minerals Non-Foilated- contain mineral grains that aren't arranged in plains or bands.
How do you create a metamorphic rock?
What are the key features? |
1400km in diameter, solid iron and nickel.
What are the characteristics of the inner core?
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The streak of a mineral can not be effected by water or air but the color of a mineral can be effected.
What is the difference between the streak test and the color test?
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Melting and cooling.
Intrusive igneous rocks- coarse grained (form slowly) Extrusive igneous rocks- fine grained (form quickly)
How to create an igneous rock?
Explain how their formation is different. |
Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, and the inner core.
What are the five physical layers of earth?
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