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Chapter 8 Rocks And Mining Flashcards

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What are agents of erosion?

A 
Factors that cause erosion 
Some examples are:
-water
-wind
-gravity
-ice
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Asthenosphere

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The top layer of the mantle, composed of ‘plastic’ rock

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Biogenic sedimentary rock

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Sedimentary rock formed mainly from dead organisms

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Biological weathering

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Living things and their products breaking down rock

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What is cement?

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Natural chemicals found in water that can bind sediments together

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What is chemical sedimentary rock?

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Sedimentary rock that forms when dissolved materials precipitate from solution

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What is chemical weathering?

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Water, or chemicals in water or air, reacting and breaking down rock

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What is clastic sedimentary rock?

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Sedimentary rock formed mainly from small rock particles

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What is contact metamorphism ?

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A type of metamorphism where rock is altered mostly by heat

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What is the core?

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The innermost layer of the earth

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What is the crust?

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The outermost layer of the earth, composed of solid rock

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What is deposition?

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The settling of broken rock material to form sediments

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What is dynamic metamorphism?

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A type of metamorphism where rock is altered mostly by pressure

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14
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What is electrolysis?

A

Use of an electric current to extract minerals from solution

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What is erosion?

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Removal of weathered rock particles from the site of the weathering

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What is extraction?

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The chemical process of separating metals from the compounds in which they occur

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17
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What is extrusive igneous rock ?

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Igneous rock that forms on the surface of the earth

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What are felsic?

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Light coloured rocks

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What is foliation?

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A process where minerals under pressure realign and the rock develops layers or bands

20
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What is a force?

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Any interaction that will change the motion of an object when unopposed. For example a push or a pull

21
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What are fossils?

A

The preserved remains of living organisms

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What is froth flotation?

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A process for extracting material from water (and chemicals) by producing air bubbles which the material sticks to and floats

23
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What is geology?

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The study of rocks, their history and the processes that form and change them

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What are hydrothermal fluids?

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Superheated fluids that circulate through the earths crust, picking up minerals such as gold

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What is igneous rock?

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Rock formed from cooling magma or lava

26
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What are interlocking mineral crystals?

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Crystals that lock together and grow into each other in a rock

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What is intrusive igneous rock?

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Igneous rock that forms below the surface of the earth

28
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What is lava?

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Molten rock that reaches the Earth‘s surface

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What are mafic?

A

Dark coloured rocks

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What is magma?

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Molten rock that does not reach the earth’s surface

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What is the mantle?

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A layer of the earth that is below the crust

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What is metamorphic rock?

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Rock formed when temperature and/or pressure alter existing rock

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What is a mineral?

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A naturally occurring solid substance that is inorganic, has a characteristic crystalline structure and a fairly constant chemical composition

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What a mineral resources?

A

Minerals that are dug up and used

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What is a native metal?

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A metal found as a pure element

36
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What is an Ore mineral?

A

A Valuable mineral found in rocks

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What is physical weathering?

A

The breaking down of rocks by physical processes

38
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What is pressure?

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Physical force exerted on or against a rock unit, measured as force per unit area

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What is regional metamorphism?

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A type of metamorphism where rock is altered by both heat and pressure over a wide area

40
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What is the rock cycle?

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A model geologists use to explain the endless cycle of change that rocks undergo.

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What is sedimentary rock?

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Rock made by sediments being cemented together

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What is smelting?

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Extracting metal from its ore by melting it, pouring it and allowing it to cool

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What are strata?

A

Layers of sedimentary rock

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What are tailings?

A

Waste materials from a mine or mineral processing plant

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What are tectonic plates?

A

Massive plates that make up the earths crust

46
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What is weathering?

A

The physical chemical and biological processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces

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