STRUCTURE
It makes up the continents and the shallow areas of oceans
CONTINENTAL CRUST
What is a rock?
It a natural aggregate made up of one or more types of minerals
Natural and inorganic substance with a specific chemical composition and ordered atomic arrangement
MINERAL
This scale measure the hardness of minerals
MOHS SCALE
What meaning slate?
PIZARRA
It makes up the ocean floor and it composed by basalt
OCEANIC CRUST
Example of monomineral rock
GYPSUM
This property indicates how much the surface of. A mineral reflects light
LUSTRE
These minerals make up more than 90% of Earth´s crust
SILICATE MINERALS
What meaning squist?
ESQUISTO
This part is composed by peridotite
UPPER MANTLE
These rocks are formed by the cooling and the solidification of magma or lava
IGNEOUS OR MAGMATIC ROCKS
It is the tendency of a mineral to cleave, or break, along flat even surfaces
CLEAVAGE
It is the principal mineral in limestone and marble
CALCITE
What meaning Marble?
MARMOL
This part contains a great amount of iron
LOWER MANTLE
These rocks are formed when the magma reaches the Earth´s surface without cooling . Outside, the magma cools and hardens rapidly
VOLCANIC ROCKS
It is a measure of a mineral´s resistance to being scratched
HARDNESS
This mineral is used to produce construction materiales
GYPSUM
What meaning coal?
CARBÓN
This part of the Earth is the deepest and it is molten
OUTER CORE
These rocks are formed from fragments of other rocks
CLASTIC ROCKS
It is the second most abundant mineral found on the Earth´s surface
QUARTZ
What types of non silicates minerals exist?
CARBONATES
HALIDES
SULFATES
SULFIDES
OXIDES AND NATIVE ELEMENTS
What meaning quarrying?
CANTERA