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1
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naturally occurring inorganic solids with a crystalline form

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mineral

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2
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color powder of a mineral

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streak

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mineral breaks along preferred planes of weakness creating sets of smooth parallwl sides

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cleavage

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4
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minerals that brake with irregular surfaces exhibit

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fracture

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phyiscal propity that mesures a mineral’s resistance to scraching

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hardness

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molten rock materail inside earth

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magma

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a mineral is blank blank blank

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naturlly occuring, inorganic solid, crystalline form

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what are the two most abundant elements that make up earths crust?

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silicon, oxygen

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9
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what dose inorganci mean?

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non living materials

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what does the arrangment of an atom and the bords between them reflect about a mineral

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minerals break, how hard, what shap it takes

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what are all of the ways to idenify minerals

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luster,hardness,streak,clevage fracture,atomic arrangment, cristal shape

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what are the two types of luster

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metallic, nonmetallic

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13
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how does metallic luster reflect light

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esaly like metal nonmetallic apers waxy

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how do you preform a streak test

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my rubbing a mineral on a ungllazed sufec

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what are the two types of breakage that can happen to minerals

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cleavage, fracture

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16
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what is the nubmer range on mohs scale of hardness

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1-10

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17
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how many different crystal shape systems are there

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6

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18
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minerals grow from the blank

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inside out

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19
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what are the 3 ways minerals can form

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molten rock, hot water, evapration

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20
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what are the two minerals gourps

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silicates, non silicates

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21
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which minerals group is the most abundate in earths crust

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silicates

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22
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what eliments are silcates made up of

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silicon, oxigyn

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23
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nonsilicates do not contain what elemants

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silicon

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24
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what minerals is used to make glass

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quartz

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25
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How are rocks idenified?

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composition, and texture

26
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igneous rocks are formed within earths crust is called?

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intrusive igneous rocks

27
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what might happen when magma psses through rock?

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partial meating of rock it intrudes

28
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what is the first minerals that crystallize when magma is high?

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olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase feldspar

29
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less dense minerals like ? ? ? solidfy at lower temperatures and float to the top of the magma chamber?

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potassium, feldspar, quartz

30
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define clasts

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Such small rock and mineral fragments

31
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what types of erosion are rocks on Earths surface exposed to?

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water, wind, and other forces

32
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what does it mean if clasts are being transported?

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weathering processes break down rocks into smaller clasts

33
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what does it mean if c;asts are being deposited?

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become rounded

34
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define pore space

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The empty space in between the grains

35
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define compaction

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clasts stick together due to the weight of overlying material

36
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define cementation

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Minerals precipitate slowly out of a water solution and crystallize in the spaces between clasts

37
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how are sedimentary rocks formed?

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composition

38
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what is another name for clasts

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39
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what are sedimentary rocks called that are mostly made of clasts?

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40
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what is the decreasing sixe of clasts?

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41
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which clasts size would be deposited first?

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42
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what are 4 common detrital sedimentary rocks?

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43
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how are chemical sedimentary rocks formed?

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44
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if sedimentary rocks contain remains of living organisms what are they called

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biochemical sedimentary rocks

45
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what are 2 common boichemical sedimentary rocks?

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46
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what are the 3 types of sedimentary rock?

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47
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Metamorphic rock is changed by a combination of which 3 things?

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heat, pressure, chemical reactions

48
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which types of rock can be changed by metamorphism?

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Metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous

49
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what is called when metamorphic changesin rocks occur over large areas?

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regional metamorphism

50
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what is called when metamorphic changes in rocks occur over small changes?

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contact metamorphism

51
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when shale is compressed, which type of metamorphic rock is created?

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Slate

52
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what are two types of metamorphic rock textures?

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foliated and non foliated

53
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define folizated texture

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rocks have crystals that are arranged in layers and bands.

54
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define nonfoliated texture

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rocks have crystals with more random orientations

55
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metamorphic rocks are mainly classified based on which two things?

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texture and composition

56
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define rock cycle

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continual changing of rocks from one type to another

57
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which types of rocks are part of the rock cycle?

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sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

58
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what are 3 types of rock?

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sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

59
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which types of rocks form frommolten rocks?

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ingneous

60
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which types of rocks are formed from clasts, precipition, or compressed once living matter?

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sedimentry

61
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which types of rocks are formed from heat, pressure, and chemical reations?

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metimorphic

62
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what can form from hot water, evaporation, or molten rock?

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minerals

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