General Info
characteristics of minerals
Use of Minerals
Use of Minerals continued
Rocks and Minerals
100
Most of the rocks in Earth's crust are made up of only ___ minerals
20
100
the hardest mineral
diamond
100
used for matches or explosives
sulphur
100
table salt
halite
100
an important mining area in Canada
Canadian Shield
200
a mineral is an ______________ solid that is found in nature.
inorganic
200
burns easily
sulphur
200
used in making watches, computer screens, electrical things
quartz
200
chalkboard
slate
200
when a mineral deposit can be mined to make money the rocks and minerals are taken out of the earth for processwing. This rock is usually called
ore
300
minerals are made up of different kinds of ______
elements
300
magnetic
magnetitie
300
baby powder and make up
talc
300
jewellery and tips of drills
diamond
300
mining undergroung ______________ mining above group ________________
underground mining open-pit mining
400
happens when rocks and minerals are broken apart by physical force
mechanical weathering
400
vibrates regularly from electrical current
quartz
400
toothpaste
fluorite
400
decorative bulding stone
marble or granite
400
breakdown of materials in the Earth's crust into sediments
What is weathering
500
happens when materials thatmake up rocks meet with another substance
chemical weathering
500
softest mineral
talc
500
graphite
pencil
500
used to make glasses or dishes
feldspar
500
happens as small pieces of rocks and minderals are carried away by wind, water, ice, and gravity
erosion
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