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What is nonliving , crystalline structure , solid, formed in nature.
What four characteristics do ALL minerals share ?
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What is rock is a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.
What is a rock?
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Between the crust and core
Thickest layer Has most of earths mass Contains lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere
What are the characteristics of the mantle?
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What is pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the Asthenosphere
What is tectonic plates?
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Cont. , cont. : mountains
Cont. , oceanic : subduction zone with trenches
What are the main features of convergent boundaries
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What is color, luster, streak, cleavage/ fracture , hardness, density , special properties
When scientists are trying to identify a mineral they perform a series of test. List the 7 different tests that can be performed in identify minerals
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What is the series of processes in which a rock forms , changes from one type to another is destroyed and forms again by geological processes.
What is the rock cycle
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The liquid layer of earth , made of melted metal ,nickel , and iron
What are the characteristic of the outer core?
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When new oceanic lithosphere becomes magma and rises to the surface and solidifies in between the mid-ocean ridges
What is the process of sea-floor spreading
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Mid ocean ridges and volcanoes
What are the main features of the divergent boundaries
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What is diamond (10) an topaz (8)
List two minerals that can scratch calcite
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What is melting of another rock and then cooling of that magma will create an igneous.
How to create an igneous rock
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What is the Lithosphere , Asthenosphere , Mesosphere, ,outer core , and inner core
What are the 5 physical layers of Earth
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The newest ocean floor is near the mid-ocean ridges because that is where the new oceanic floor forms and the oldest is out wards toward because it gets washed away
Where is the new ocean floor and the oldest
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Fault lines occur where large earthquakes can occur
What are the main features of transform boundaries
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When the rocks become less dense and rise to the surface, then cools and becomes more dense and sinks back down to the bottom
What is a convention current
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