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Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
100
The cycle that depicts rock changes from one form to another
What is the rock cycle?
100
An object made up of two or more minerals
What is a rock?
100
Rocks that have crystallized from molten rock.
What are igneous rocks?
100
The erosion of rocks largely by wind and water.
What is physical erosion?
100
The mineralogic and/or physical changing of rock caused by high levels of heat and/or pressure - without the melting of the rock.
What is metamorphism?
200
The top most layer of the earth.
What is the earths crust?
200
A naturally formed, solid, chemical substance having a specific composition and a characteristic of crystal structure.
What is a mineral?
200
Molten rock underground.
What is magma?
200
The alteration of rocks by water to produce chemical elements in solution and residual clay.
What is chemical weathering?
200
Metamorphism produced by pressures associated with the development of folded mountain ranges.
What is regional metamorphism?
300
A rock containing enough of one or more metallic minerals to be mined profitably.
What is an Ores?
300
The breaking down of rocks into small particles
What are sediments?
300
Igneous rocks that form underground.
What are intrusive rocks?
300
Process that contributes to the development of sedimentary rocks.
What is lithification?
300
a rock that we use for energy
What is coal ?
400
A type of mine that causes large scale clearing
What is an Open cut mine?
400
Large rocks beneath the earths surface which move, creating mountains, volcanoes etc.
What are tectonic plates?
400
Rocks that have crystallized from lava upon Earth's surface.
What are extrusive rocks?
400
visible flat sections of sedimentary rocks.
What are sediment layers?
400
Lineation and foliation.
What are the two types of pressure-induced rock changes?
500
Activity causing the creation of Pollution, waste, deforestation .
What are the environment impacts of mines?
500
When breakage produces a smooth plane.
What is cleavage?
500
The visual coarseness of crystal size.
What is texture?
500
An mineral that is formed through evaporation of ordinary seawater.
What is rock salt?
500
Determines the size of crystals in igneous rocks
What is the rate of cooling?
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