Mixed category
What does Hydro mean?
Water
What does bio mean?
Life
What does Geo Mean?
Earth/rocks
What does Cryo mean?
Ice
What does Atmo mean?
Air
What is the order of convection
1 Mantle heats the lithosphere and it rises to the crust
2 oceanic crust cools and sinks
3 cooled lithosphere moves down to the mantle
How and when the mineral forms
What is oceanic crust made of?
Basalt
How do seismic waves help geologist study Earth's interior?
Geologists record seismic waves and study how they travel through Earth. The paths reveal where the form of rock changes.
How do igneous rocks form?
Form from cooled magma and lava
What is the inner core made of?
Solid Metal
What is the lithosphere made of?
Bendable magnesium and iron
What is the outer core made of?
Molten Metal
continental crust
Granite
What is the Mantle made of?
Magnesium and Iron
What drives the rock cycle?
Convection and the movement of plate tectonics
What is the asthenosphere made of?
Solid magnesium and iron
What are three properties to describe rocks?
Origin
Texture
Mineral composition and color
How do metamorphic rocks form?
When a rock is changed by heat and pressure
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What are three ways minerals form?
Minerals from magma and lava
Minerals from solutions
Organic Material
How do sedimentary rocks form
When small particles of rocks or the remains of plants/animals are pressed and cemented together
What are the characteristics of a Mineral?
Naturally occurring
solid
crystal structure
forms by inorganic process
defined by chemicals deposit
what are 7 priorities of a mineral?
Crystal Structure
Streak
Hardness
Cleavage and Fracture
Density
Color
what drives the rock system?
convection