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Chapter 9 Rocks Flashcards

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Minerals

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Substance that makes up rocks. Every mineral has its own chemical make-up

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Lithosphere

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The outer layer of the earth including the crust and the upper part of the mantle

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Magma

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A very hot mixture of molten rock and gases just below the Earths surface

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Sediments

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Broken down material caused by weathering and erosion, it also collects in layers

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Native elements

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Elements found separated in the Earths crust

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Crystals

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Substance made up of atoms and molecules arranged in one of seven different shapes

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Lustre

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An appearance of a mineral with the way it reflects light

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Streak

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Colour of a mineral as a fine powder

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Hardness

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A measurement of how hard something is by scratching the surface of a solid material

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Igneous rocks

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Rocks that form from the cooling of lava or magma

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Extrusive

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Igneous rock that forms above ground

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Pumice

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Lava that cools and becomes hard and also floats

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Scoria

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A dark, igneous rock formed from gassy lava that cools quickly

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Abrasives

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A substance that easily scratches another

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Basalt

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An igneous rock with small crystals formed by fast cooling of lava

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Obsidian

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A black rock that breaks into pieces with smooth shell-like surfaces

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Granite

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Hard igneous rock with different coloured crystals large enough to be seen to the naked eye

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Sedimentary rocks

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Rocks formed from sediments

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Erosion

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The wearing away and removal of soil and rock by natural elements, such as wind, waves, rivers etc.

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Floodplains

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Flat, open land beside a river where sediments are deposited during floods

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Glaciers

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Large bodies of ice that move downs slopes and push boulders

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Moraines

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Deposit left by movement of glacier

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Sandstone

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A sedimentary with medium sized grains

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Mudstone

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A fine-grained, sedimentary rock without layering

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Shale

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A fine-grained sedimentary rock formed in layers by the consolidation of clay

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Siltstone

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A sedimentary rock with a particle size between that of sandstone and mudstone

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Conglomerate

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Sedimentary rock containing large particles of various sizes cemented together

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Limestone

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A sedimentary rock formed from the remains of sea organisms

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Coal

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Sedimentary rock formed from dead plants and animals

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Rock salt

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A sedimentary deposit formed when a salt lake or seabed dried up

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