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Rocks and minerals Flashcards

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1
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a solid inorganic substance

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Minerals

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the outer layer of the earth

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lithosphere

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just below the earths surface a very hot liquid substance

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magma

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broken down material that is moved by wind or water

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sediments

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uncombined elements found in the earths crust

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native elements

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it is created by the arrangement of atoms and molecules and is geometrically shaped.

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crystals

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the appearance of a mineral caused by the way it reflects light

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lustre

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the colour of the fine powder of a mineral

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streak

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the measure of how hard it is to scratch the surface of a solid material

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hardness

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movement of ricks by water

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erosion

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rocks that are made from movement

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clastic

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occurs when components of water evaporate and previosly dissolved come together to form rocks

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chemical

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rocks formed from dead things

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organic

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dead bones and rocks

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fossils

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rocks that come from magma or lava solidify by being thrown in the air by a volcanic

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igneous rocks

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igneous rocks that form when lava cools above the earths crust

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extrusive rocks

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a pale rock that forms when frothy lava cools in the air.

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pumice

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a dark igneous rock that is formed from gassy lava that cools quickly

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scoria

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19
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the property of a material or substance that easily scratches other things

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abrasive

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a dark igneous rock that has small crystals formed by fast cooling of hot lava.

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basalt

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a hard ,dark,glass-like volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization

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obsidian

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igneous rock that forms when magma cools below the Earth’s surface

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intrusive rocks

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intrusive rock mass that measures more than 100 kilometres across

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batholiths

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a hard, igneous rock with different-colored crystals large enough to see and slowly forms below the Earth’s crust

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granite

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flat, open land besides a river where sediments are deposited during floods

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floodplains

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large amounts of ice that move down slopes and push boulders and rocks in front of them

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glaciers

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deposit left by movement of a glacier

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moraines

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a sedimentary rock formed from the remains of sea organisms. It consists mainly of calcium carbonate.

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limestone

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a sedimentary rock formed from dead plants and animals that were buried before rotting completely

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coal

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a sedimentary deposit formed when a salt lake or seabed dried up. Its main chemical is sodium chloride.

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rock salt

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a sedimentary rock with medium-sized grains. The sand grains are cemented together by silica, lime or other salts.

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sandstone

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a fine-grained, sedimentary rock without layering

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mudstone

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

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shale

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

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siltstone

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sedimentary rock containing large particles of various sizes cemented together

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conglomerate

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the process that changes rocks by extreme pressure or heat

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metamorphism

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rocks formed from other rocks that have experienced heat or pressure.

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metamorphic rocks

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a metamorphic rock formed as a result of great pressure on limestone

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marble

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a coarse-grained metamorphic rock formed mainly as a result of great pressure on granite

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gneiss

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

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slate

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a cycle where rocks can change from one rock to another that is endless

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rock cycle

42
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rocks mined to obtain a metal or other chemical within them

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mineral ores

43
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extraction of natural resources from the Earth

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mining

44
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study of the possible effects of a planned project on the environment

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environmental impact statement (EIS)

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restored to its previous condition

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rehabilitated

46
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waste rock removed from below the topsoil. This rock is replaced when the area is restored.

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overburden

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mining that scours out soil and rocks on the surface of the land

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open-cut mining

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mining that uses tunnels to find underground rocks

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underground mining

49
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the time beginning about two million years ago during which early humans made implements of stone

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Stone Age

50
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a mixture of a metal with a non-metal or another metal

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alloy

51
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a fine-grained sedimentary rock which leaves a very sharp edge when broken

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flint

52
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a process in which tool stones such as flint or obsidian were struck with harder stones

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percussion flaking

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folding is the buckling of rocks and is caused by rocks that are being pressured by both sides.

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folding

54
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someone who studies fossils

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paleontologists

55
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2 rocks compared of age

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relative age

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animal that eats other animals

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carnivores

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animals that eat things that are already dead

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scavengers

58
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cavity in a rock that shows the shape of the hard parts of an organism

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mould

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fossils that provide evidence such as footprints that an organism was present when the rock was formed

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trace fossils

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species or things that no longer exist

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extinct

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