Physical science test 1 Flashcards
6 most common hemical elements in the earths crust
- oxygen
- silicon
- Aluminum
- Iron
- calcium
- sodium
what percentage of the earths crust does oxygen make up?
50%
what percentage of the earths crust does silicon make up?
25%
what percentage of the earths crust does Aluminum make up?
8%
what percentage of the earths crust does Iron make up?
5%
what percentage of the earths crust does calcium make up?
4%
what percentage of the earths crust does sodium make up?
3%
7 most common minerals in the earths crust
- quartz
- calcite [limestone/ marble]
- feldspar
- mica
- clay [kaolin]
- ferromanesium
- hematite [iron rust]
MOH’s hardness scale
2
what does the rock cycle show
how one rock can be changed into another type
rock cycle
see card
bowens reaction series shows what?
how igneous rock are formed from molten rock
igneous [fire formed]
2
sedimentary [settled]
2
metamorphic [changed]
2
mineral
naturally occuring, solid, inorganic, chemical element or compound
rock
mixture of one or more minerals
focus
where earthquake occurs
cause of earthquake
over long periods pressure builds at a crust fault as it tries to move. when the strength of water saturated rocks is exceeded the rocks slip or they break and then rebound sending out S.P.I. and R shock waves.
plate tactonics theory
rigid lithosphere plates move on top of plastic athenosphere diven by athenosphere riven by heat conviction currents.