Minerals
Fool's gold is known as...
pyrite
What rock type forms from compaction and cementation?
Sedimentary
Where are most of the active volcanoes on Earth found?
Pacific Plate (Ring of Fire)
The color lightens and turns red. There is less organic material and clay begins to accumulate.
How does mining impact earth's surface?
removes a layer ( subsurface), Low impact
Removes vegetation-leads to more runoff
Etc.
If a rock scratches sample A with a hardness of 4, but is scratched by sample B with a hardness of 6...what is the rock's hardness?
5
What is the parent rock or Quartzite?
sandstone
Where magma rises, and 2 plates move apart, you have what type of boundary?
divergent
What are the 3 macronutrients for plants found in fertile soil?
NPK
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium
A crack in bedrock where motion occurs is known as ...
a fault
Which type of igneous rock cools quickly?
extrusive
The largest volcanoes that have very gentle eruptions are known as...
shield volcanoes
What could trigger a large amount of soil to be eroded from a slope?
Heavy rain, mining, earthquake, construction
What climate has the most chemical weathering?
wet (water) and hot
Naturally occurring, inorganic, crystal structure, chemical composition, solid
Name an organic sedimentary rock that can contain fossils.
limestone - shell fossils
Coal- plant fossils
440km
What are the 5 soil forming factors? CROPT
Climate, relief, organic material, parent material, time
silty clay loam
Name a black rock with a red streak.
Hematite
What mineral, sedimentary rock, and metamorphic rock fizz with acid? (name 2 of the 3)
mineral-calcite
sedimentary- limestone
metamorphic - marble
Why does ocean crust sink?
it is denser and thinner
How does farming impact soil?
removes nutrients, more erosion occurs if vegetation is removed for crops, compaction by cattle (less oxygen)
Explain the steps to the rock cycle (all of them)