Minerals
This is a nonliving, naturally occurring solid that has its own regular arrangement of particles in it.
What is a mineral?
These rocks form from compressed or cemented layers of sediment.
What are sedimentary rocks?
This is a mixture of nonliving materials and decayed materials from organisms.
What is soil?
The forces that build new features on Earth's surface.
What are constructive forces?
The forms of moving water that causes water erosion and deposition,
rivers, waves, ocean currents, rain, glaciers
The 4 types of luster of minerals.
What are metallic, glassy, pearly, or earthy?
These rocks form when melted rock cools and hardens.
What are igneous rocks?
Factors that affect soil.
What are climate and types of rocks in the area?
A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions AND the result.
What is sliding boundary and causes earthquakes?
Name one example of air, water, and soil pollution.
air: ash and dust, car exhaust, smog, power plants
water: dumped chemicals, oil spills, garbage in waters
soil:garbage dumps, litter, chemical fertilizers
The six properties of minerals.
What are color, streak, luster, crystal form (shape), hardness, magnetism?
Aside form how they are formed, rocks can also be identified by examining these specific things.
What are mineral content, color, texture?
The smallest particles of soil that is fine and tightly packed rock, feels smooth, and can hold a lot of water.
What is clay?
The boundary where plates are colliding with each other AND the result.
What is converging boundary and mountains or volcanoes form?
The three types of energy resources AND one example of each.
renewable: wood (biomass), corn (biomass), leaves, food waste, manure (eww)
nonrenewable: fossil fuels:coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy
inexhaustible: wind, sun, moving water, geothermal energy
This is tested by scratching a mineral on another.
What is hardness?
These rocks are formed inside Earth from other rocks under heat and pressure.
What are metamorphic rocks?
Inorganic matter means this... and name them.
What are all the nonliving materials in the soil: sun, water, air, minerals/rocks?
Name a slow change and a rapid change to Earth's surface.
Slow: erosion, weathering, deposition
Fast: volcanoes, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis
The blowing wind can move and change these 2 things.
What are sand dunes and fields.
5 ways that minerals can be used in everyday life.
What are jewelry, machine parts, metal tools, electronics, foil, medicines, building materials, coins, glass, cement, food, salt, fertilizer, cars, and pencils?
5 ways that rocks can be used in everyday life.
What are building materials, kitchen counters, cement, sculptures, beauty supplies, roofing, cleaning, polishing, lipstick, and toothpaste?
Name the 3 layers of soil AND describe each layer.
Topsoil-a crumbly, dark brown soil that is made mostly of humus
Subsoil-contains many minerals and small rocks
Bedrock-the layer of rock beneath soil
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other AND the result.
What is spreading boundary and rift valleys form?
Five things that can be made from oil.
What are oil, wax, asphalt, fuel/gasoline, & plastic?