Vocabulary 1
Natural materials that are used by humans
What is natural resources?
nonrenewable resource formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
what is fossil fuel?
Minerals that contain Silicon and oxygen
what is silicate minerals
processes in which rock changes from one type to another
What is the rock cycle
forms when magma cools down very slowly allowing big and more crystals to form
What is intrusive igneous rock
Natural resources that can be replaced at least as quickly as it is used.
what is renewable resource?
natural resource that forms much more slowly than it is consumed.
What is nonrenewable resource
Color, streak, luster, cleavage and fracture, density, hardness.
what is properties used to identify minerals
forms when minerals that form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together
What is sedimentary rock
do not have mineral grains that are aligned in planes or bands
What is nonfoliated metamorphic rock
natural resource that humans use to make objects or to consume as food or drink
what is material resource?
Removing material to extract resources near the surface, tunnels are dug to reach deposits deep underground.
what is mining
water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock
what is weathering
forms when magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid.
what is igneous rock
mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands.
What is foliated metamorphic rock
Natural Resource that humans use to generate energy.
what is energy resource.
Conservation by using less resources
what is reducing
minerals that do not contain silicon
what is nonsilicate minerals
molten or liquid rock underground
What is magma
forms when magma or lava cools down quickly allowing only small and few crystals to form
What is extrusive rock
Done on land and on the ocean floor to reach oil and natural gas.
what is drilling
Reusable water bottle, donating clothes, using reusable bags.....use materials from old items/buildings, electronics...
what is reusing and recycling
sediment is moved from one place to another
what is erosion
forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock
What is metamorphic rock?
formed when sediments are buried, compacted, and cemented together; forms seawater evaporates, and forms from remains or fossils of once-living plants and animals.
Clastic, chemical, and organic sedimentary rocks