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5 Branches of Earth Science
Properties of Minerals
Characteristics of Minerals
Types of Rocks
More about Rocks!
100
This branch of Earth Science deals with the weather and climate.
What is meteorology?
100
Minerals must be made of non-living things, also called this.
What is inorganic?
100
When a rock breaks apart in straight lines, it is said to have this characteristic.
What is cleavage?
100
This type of rock has different materials cemented and compacted together to form layers.
What is a sedimentary rock?
100
This type of igneous rocks cools quickly on the surface after a volcanic eruption.
What is an extrusive igneous rock?
200
This branch of Earth Science studies solid earth.
What is geology?
200
This means a mineral can only be found in nature.
What is naturally occurring.
200
This is how light reflects off of a mineral - it can be shiny, waxy, dull, earth, etc...
What is luster?
200
This rock is made from cooled magma or lava.
What is an igneous rock?
200
An intrusive igneous rock is called this because its crystals had time to grow as it cooled slowly inside the earth.
What is coarse-grained?
300
This is the branch of Earth Science that studies what is beyond Earth's atmosphere.
What is astronomy?
300
A mineral is called this because it has a definite shape and volume.
What is solid?
300
This property is the powder left behind after you scratch a mineral on something.
What is streak?
300
Any rock can change into this one as a result of lots of heat and pressure!
What is a metamorphic rock?
300
This type of sedimentary rock is formed from pieces of broken rocks that are squeezed together.
What is a clastic sedimentary rock?
400
This branch of earth science studies ocean, water chemistry, and ocean floor
What is oceanography?
400
This property of a mineral describes how its particles line up in a repeating pattern.
What is crystal structure?
400
We use Mohs scale to find out about this property.
What is hardness?
400
This process causes sediments to move from one place to another to form sedimentary rocks.
What is erosion?
400
This type of sedimentary rock has the remains of plants or animals in its layers.
What is an organic sedimentary rock?
500
You might study the effects of pollution in this branch of earth science.
What is environmental science?
500
Because of this property, we know that a mineral's atomic proportions will always be the same.
What is definite chemical composition?
500
This property compares mass with volume - you might find out if something sinks or floats!
What is density?
500
This process causes rocks to change from one type to another.
What is the rock cycle?
500
This word describes a metamorphic rock with bands of parallel layers or bands.
What is foliated?