key Terms
About Rocks
About Minerals
Mining
Interesting Facts
100
What are Ores?
Ores are rocks that contain large amounts of certain minerals.
100
What are the three layers of the Earth?
the three main layers of the earth is the core, mantle, crust(bedrock).
100
What are the minerals made of?
Minerals are made out of different kinds of elements.
100
What is fly ash?
Fly ash is burning coal to make fire produce.
100
What is the Earth's surface made of?
Rocks and Minerals.
200
What is concrete?
Concrete is a building made from cement.
200
What are rocks made of?
rocks are made of 2 or more minerals.
200
What is an element?
A element is a substance that can't be broken up into anything else but it's simple meaning.
200
What is smelting?
Smelting uses very heat to separate different minerals.
200
What does the work "Geology" mean?
Earth and the study of.
300
What are 3 uses of Aluminum?
Make pots and pans,car parts and foil warp.
300
What can rocks tell us about the land?
Rocks can tell us in differet how it was formed or how it changed the land through long periods of time.
300
Name 4 minerals and describe how we use them in our lives.
Salt-makes food cook faster.Diamond-jewelry.Aluminum-pots and pans.Coal-furnace.
300
How has mining changed the land?
It kills wild life and effects the environment.
300
What do geologists study about the planet Earth?
Geologists are scientists who study the planet earth.They study the materials and what is produced by these changes.
400
What do we make out of aluminum give 4 example?
Pots ,panes, foil plates,and bottle cans.
400
What are the 3 main types of rocks give an ex for each?
Igneous-Granite.Sedimentary-limestone.Metamorphic-Marble
400
What are the properties of minerals?
Hardness,trancparency,magnetisem,lusture and colour.
400
Old minning areas has been reclameed for new purposes give 3 examples.
For swimming,gardining and minning.
400
What is insulation how is it used?
A special spun glass called fibre glass.It is used to keep us warm in the winter time.
500
What is color?
We cant always identify color because the same minerals can come in different colors.
500
What is 2 disadvantages of rocks and 2 advantages about rocks.
It is bad for the soil and creates volcanos.It is good for building things like houses and gives us minerals.
500
What is magnetism?
Some minerals are attracted to magnets.
500
What is 2 costs of mining?
We loss lost of trees and we cant put the rocks back where we found it.
500
Why is a gravel driveway more environmentally friendly?
It is more invioirmently freindly because it lets rain seep through the ground below.
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