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Rocks & Minerals Flashcards

1
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What is the definition of a mineral?

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A natural, solid material with a crystal structure.

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What are quarries?

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A really big hole in the ground where a lot of minerals are found.

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what is a crystal?

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something thats hard a clear

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4
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what is a mine?

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a big hole with lots of rocks and minerals

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5
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What is the hardest mineral?

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Diamond

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What is the most recycled metal on earth?

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Aluminum

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What is the definition of a rock?

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A natural,solid inorganic material

made of one or more minerals

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___________ is the breaking off, breaking down, and moving of rock (i.e. by water, etc.)

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Erosion

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9
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Liquid rock above Earth’s surface is called _________________.

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Magma

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10
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Name some places you can find rocks?

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Any of the following: mountain, sea floor, beach, garden soil, desert, cave, underground, volcano, forest floor.

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11
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Which has a crystal structure? Rocks or Minerals?

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Minerals

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12
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What is the best ore in minecraft

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Diamond

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13
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What is made from lava cooling (minecraft water and lava mix)

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Obisidian

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14
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What is geology?

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The study of the Earth ZachB

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15
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What’s the definition of limestone?

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Usually white/grey milky looking

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16
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why are rocks important to palaeontologists?

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Because they study By:Nicholas

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17
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What are some advantages that recycling or reusing rocks and minerals has over mining new ones?

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  1. It costs less than mining new ones

2. It preserves (keeps) resources

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18
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What is inorganic?

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Something that is not living ZachB

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19
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Marble is a rock used for ______ that come from minerals

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Sculptures By Ashlynn =>

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20
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what are the three types of rocks in the rock cycle?

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igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

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21
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is gold more expensive or diamond?

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diamond is worth more than gold

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22
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What is Marble?

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It is a rock ZachB

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23
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How is Igneous rock transformed into metamorphic rock?

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Intense heat and pressure. ZachB

24
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What is a metamorphic

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A type of rock

25
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What is the worst ore in minecraft?

A

Gold By:Nicholas

26
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what makes rocks and minerals similar?

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Both solid,natural,inorganic By;nicholas

27
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What is the hardest mineral to find

28
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what mineral is harder then apatite but softer then quarts a)topaz

b) fluorite
c) orthoclase

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c) orthoclase by jayme

29
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What is a fossil

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It’s a extinct or dead animal covered in rock by Dayden and Riley.

30
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What makes rocks and minerals different?

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Minerals are made up of 1 thing. Rocks are made up of more than one thing

31
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What mineral is harder than Fluorite but softer than Topaz?
A. Orthoclase
B. Apatite
C. Talc

A

Orthoclase and Apatite ZachB

32
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What is standstone?

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Layers of sand pressed together ZachB

33
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What is a fossil used for?

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To recreate and examine a extinct animal:by Riley and Dayden

34
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What is the second worst mineral

A

Gypsum ZachB

35
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What is the worst mineral

A

Talc ZachB

36
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Metals are ________ found in rocks.

A

minerals By:Nicholas

37
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What is granite called when heat and pressure is put on it

A

Gneiss ZachB

38
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What is limestone called when heat and pressure is put on it

A

Marble ZachB

39
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What happens when rocks get squished up together what do they become?

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A formation of marble?:Dayden and Riley

40
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What is metamorphic rock called when it is melted into magma

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Igneous rock ZachB

41
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What is Igneous rock called when it is hit by Erosion

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Sedimentary rock ZachB

42
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When they are extracted from rock, the rock is called ___________?

A

ore By:Nicholas

43
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What is ammonite

A

A fossilized shell of an extinct sea animal ZachB

44
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What is palaeontology

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The study of prehistoric lifeZachB

45
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What is streak

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The colour of a mineral’s powderZachB

46
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what is the definition of raw material

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a material found in nature by:Cindy*

47
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What is manufacture

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Make a product from raw materials ZachB

48
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Specific chemical make - up ________

Structure

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Crystal by Ryan

49
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What is the strongest mineral

A

Diamond by Nathan1234567891011

50
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What is hardness

A

How difficult it is to scratch a mineral ZachB

51
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What is lustre

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The way light reflects off the surface of a mineral by:ZachB

52
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whats the softest minaral

53
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what do they use to study geology

A

rocks by Dayden and Riley

54
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What is the best thing to find in a cave in minecraft

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Diamond or emerald by blake

55
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what is lustre

A

reflecting off the surface on a mineral by Dayden and Riley

56
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what is a diamond

A

a really hard mineral by riley

57
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what do they use to study geology

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