Minerals
Minerals 2
Rocks
Earth's Resources
Weathering
100
A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical or physical means
What is an element?
100
Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
What are isotopes?
100
Any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter that occurs naturally
What is a rock?
100
Resources that take millions of years to renew
What are nonrenewable resources?
100
Weathering that occurs when physical forces break rock into smaller and smaller pieces without changing rock's mineral composition
What is mechanical weathering?
200
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
What is atomic number
200
Bond that occurs because atoms share electrons
What is covalent bond?
200
Three types of rocks
What igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
200
Potential alternatives to petroleum that are not currently used because they are too expensive and don't produce enough energy
What are tar sands and oil shale?
200
A type of mechanical weathering that occurs because pressure is relieved from rocks
What is unloading?
300
The tendency for a mineral to break into uneven pieces
What is fracture?
300
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with an orderly crystalline structure and a definite chemical composition
What is a mineral?
300
Rocks formed from the cooling and hardening of magma
What is igneous rock?
300
Pollution that does not have a specific point of origin
What is nonpoint source pollution?
300
Three types of soil
What are pedalfer, pedocal, and laterite?
400
Number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
What is atomic mass? Mass number? or Atomic weight?
400
The six mineral groups
What are silicates, carbonates, oxides, sulfates/sulfides, halides, native elements?
400
Sources of energy that drive the rock cycle
What the sun and Earth's interior?
400
Layer of Earth's atmosphere that protects from UV radiation
What is the ozone?
400
Triggers for mass movements
What are water, oversteepened slopes, removal of vegetation, and earthquakes?
500
Unstable atoms' nucleus breaks apart and releases energy
What is radioactive decay?
500
A property of minerals used to describe how light reflects from the surfaceof a mineral.
What is luster?
500
Rock that changes due to changes in heat , pressure, or reactions in solutions
What is metamorphic rock?
500
Carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor
What are greenhouse gases?
500
Factors that affect soil formation
What are parent material, time, climate, organisms, and slope?
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