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Chapter 9- Rocks Flashcards

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Minerals

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Substances which make up rocks.

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Lithosphere

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The outer layer of the earth also known as the crust.

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Magma

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The hot mixture of molten rock and gasses beneath the earths surface.

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Sediments

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Materials broken down by wind, rain, heat etc.

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Native Minerals

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Elements which aren’t joined, that are found in the earths crust.

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Lustre

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The measure of how light reflects off a mineral.

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Crystals

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Substances which can be 1 of 7 different shapes and different sizes formed in rocks from the cooling of lava.

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Streak

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The colour of a mineral in the form of a powder. Found by rubbing the mineral onto a white tile.

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Hardened

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The measure of how difficult it is to scratch 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 Rocks

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Igneous rock which forms when lava cools above the surface

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Pumice

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A pale rock which forms when when being shot out of a volcano.

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Scoria

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A dark igneous rock formed from gassy lava, which cools quickly.

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Abrasive

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A property of a material which scratches another.

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Basalt

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An igneous rock which has small crystals in it which are formed by fast cooling of lava.

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Obsidian

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A smooth,black rock which is formed when lava cools almost instantly.

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Intrusive

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Rocks which form after magma slowly cools underground

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Batholiths

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Large portions of intrusive rock which can spread up to distances of more than 1000km

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Granite

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A common intrusive rock with crystals which form over a long period of time.

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Sedimentary Rocks

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Rocks formed from the particles of sediments

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Metamorphic Rocks

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Rocks formed by another rock under great heat or pressure.

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Erosion

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The removal of rock and soil by natural elements such as wind,rain etc.

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flat plains

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open land next to a river where sediments are deposited during floods.

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Glaciers

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Large bodies of ice

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Moraines

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A deposit of rock,gravel and smaller particles left by movement of a glacier.

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Sandstone

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A rock formed from grains of sand which have been cemented over a period of time.

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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 rock formed in layers by clay making it stronger.

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Conglomerate

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Sedimentary rocks containing various particle 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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A mineral formed from the remains of dead plants and animals

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Rock salt

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A sedimentary deposits formed when a salt lake or a sea bed has dried up.

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Metamorphism

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The process which changes rocks by high pressure or temperatures.

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Slate

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A fine grained metamorphic rock formed as a result of heat and pressure on shale.

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Gneiss

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A metamorphic rock formed as a result of high pressure on granite.

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Mineral Ores

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Minerals containing metals of value

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Mining

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The extraction of natural resources from the earth

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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

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The study of the effects of a planned project on the environment.

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Rehabilitated

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When something has been restored to its original condition

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Overburden

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The waste rock beneath topsoil

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Open-cut mining

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A method of mining to dig out minerals and rocks from the surface

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Underground Mining

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A method of mining using shafts and tunnels to remove rock from deep below the surface.

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Stone Age

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A period beginning 200 million years ago where people using rock to create weapons/ tools

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Alloy

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A mixture of a metal with another metal or a non metal

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Flint

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A fine grained sedimentary rock

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Percussion Flaking

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A process using bigger rocks to break rocks to make create flakes which can be used for smaller tools

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Clastic

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Little rocks which are cemented together

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