key terms
About rocks
About Minerals
Mining
interesting facts
100
What are rocks made from?
Rocks are made from two or more minerals
100
what are the 3 main types of rocks called?
Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic
100
What are minerals made from?
elements
100
what are Tailing's?
Tailing's are waste rocks.
100
True Or False. Every rocks name is based on the way they are formed
True
200
What are elements?
Elements are a substance that cant be broken down into anything else by simple means.
200
Name one type of Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
igneous Basalt, Pumice, or granite sedimentary limestone, shale, sandstone metamorphic marble, slate,gneiss
200
List the properties geologists use to describe minerals
colour, lustre, hardness, transparency, magnetism, streak
200
Why are magnets helpful when reusing metal.
They are helpful because thy can be used to collect magnetic metals from landfields.
200
Fill in the blank. Salt can come from different parts of ________.
Canada
300
What do we make out of aluminum
Car Parts, Saucepans, Hockey sticks,Foil wrap, and beverage cans.
300
What are the three main layers of earth and which one do geologists study?
Core, Mantel, Crust. Most of the geologists in the world, study the material and the process that occur on the crust of the earth
300
list 15 minerals (answers will vary)
Diamonds,zinc, copper, gold, silver, coal, aluminum, nickel, quartz, Iron, lead, marble, mica, gypsum, Halite,
300
what are ores and give 2 examples.
Ores are rocks that contain large amounts of certain metal iron. and for an example a rock that contains deposits of iron. copper ore is a rock that contains concentrations of copper.
300
True or False. There is 4000 different types of minerals.
True
400
What is fly ash? How is it used?
Fly Ash is a mineral mined from the earth and is used for burning coal
400
How is each type of rock formed?
Igneous Forms slowly when magma hardens Sedimentary are formed on top of existing rocks and are made from a mineral that comes from other rocks and shells Metamorphic forms when sedimentary or igneous rock is under pressure or squeezed together or both
400
Explain all the properties of minerals
color: minerals come in many different colors we canrt always identify color because the same mineral an ome in many different colors. Lustre: lustre is the reflection of light form the surface of a mineral. If a mineral looks shiny it has a metallic lustre. If it is not shiny it is a non metallic lustre. Hardness: the hardness of a mineral can be an important clue to its identity.There is a scale from 1-10 Transparency: the transparency of a material describes how well the light passes through it. Magnetism: some minerals are attracted to magnets
400
what is smelting and why is it important
smelting is a process that uses very high heat to seperate minerals. Without smelting we would not purify medals and create useful products but smelting creates waste including gases.
400
True Or False. Wood is better for building houses rather than stone.
False
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