| Minerals | Rocks | Earth Layers |
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- They are nonliving
- They are a formed of a nature - They are solid - They have a crystalline structure
What four characteristics do ALL minerals share?
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When magma cools.
How is igneous rock formed?
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Crust, Mantle, and Core
What are the the three composition layers of the earth?
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- Color
- Luster - Streak - Clevage and Fracture - Hardness - Density - Special Properties
List the 7 different tests that can be performed in identifying minerals?
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Weathering and erosion
How is sedimentary rock made?
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Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core.
What are the 5 layers of earth?
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Moh's Hardness Scale is a scale that measures the hardness level of minerals from 1 to 10.
What is Moh's Hardness Scale?
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Cooling, melting, weathering and erosion, compaction and cementation, heat and pressure
Describe the 5 processes that occur in the Rock cycle?
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Continental crust is thicker, while oceanic crust is more dense than continental.
What is the difference between continental crust, and oceanic crust?
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By scratching the minerals plate.
How do we use Moh's Hardness Scale?
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Extrusive igneous rock, and intrusive igneous rock.
What are the two types of igneous rock?
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There was a big super continent a long time ago, after some time, the supercontinent split into the seven continents of today.
What is the theory of continental drift?
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Color.
Name the worse identifying of minerals?
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Coarse grain are big grains and fine grain are small grains.
What is the differences between coarse grain and fine grain?
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Pangea.
What is the name of the supercontinent?
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