Minerals
Coal is a mineral.
False
The word igneous comes from the latin root 'ignis' that means this.
What is fire?
The transportation of sediments.
What is erosion?
The length of time we can live without water.
What is 3 days.
The additive used to make solids stick together.
Minerals are divided into groups based on this.
What are their chemical compoisitions?
This kind of rock forms sedimentary rocks.
What are existing rocks.
Wind is this type of weathering.
What is mechanical?
The zone you need to reach with a well.
What is the saturation zone.
The portion of the process where solids are allowed to settle.
What is clarifiers or sedimentation basins.
The mineral pyrite is often called this.
What is Fool's Gold?
What type of rock can contain a fossil.
What is sedimentary?
The type of weathering is occurring when the letters of a tombstone are too hard to read.
What is chemical?
The amount of useable water on our planet.
What is less than 1%.
The machine that removes solids from wastewater.
The Bar Screen.
This group of minerals make up 90% of the Earth's Crust.
What are silicates?
The type of igneous rock that would be characteristically vesicular.
What are extrusive igneous?
A stalactite forming in a cave is a demonstration of this process.
What is deposition?
In order for precipitation to occur, this must be present.
What is a condensation nuclei?
A chemical added to water before it is stored for public use.
What is fluoride or chlorine.
The method of mineral deposition that is caused from the evaporation of water leaving the dissolved elements behind.
What is precipitation?
The primary cause of compaction in sedimentary rocks.
What are the weight of the sediments above them.
The mechanical factor of weathering that makes mountains smaller.
What is gravity?
The amount of spaces between particles in soil.
What is permaeability?
The portion of the process of wastewater treatment that requires bio organisms.
What is aeration or aerobic basins.