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The Rock Cycle
Erosion
Rock Classification
Rock Types
Mining effects on Communities
100
This is how metamorphic rocks are formed.
What is heat & pressure?
100
Biological, chemical & mechanical are forms of this.
What is weathering?
100
This is measured with a scratch test.
What is hardness?
100
Is formed when hot magma cools.
What is an igneous rock?
100
A benefit to mining in communities.
What is more jobs, better economy, etc.?
200
Melting & cooling forms this rock.
What is igneous rock?
200
Wind is an example of this type of weathering.
What is mechanical weathering?
200
This occurs when a mineral breaks with jagged or rough edges.
What is fracture?
200
An igneous rock that forms outside the earth's crust.
What is an extrusive igneous rock?
200
Some examples of how a mine could be detrimental to a community.
What is mental stress, hunting, diet, health, family integrity, feeling of being sold out or cheated, or culture beliefs are intruded?
300
This is how sedimentary rock is formed.
What is weathering, erosion & sedimentation?
300
Acid rain is an example of this type of weathering.
What is chemical weathering?
300
The powdered form of the mineral.
What is streak?
300
Rock that has been cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
Town with the orange lake, due to mining tailings that are dumped.
What is Sherridon?
400
Metamorphic rock is formed from these types of rock.
What is igneous & sedimentary?
400
Fungi breaking down rock is an example of this type of weathering.
What is biological weathering?
400
When the mineral breaks along smooth surfaces or planes.
What is cleavage?
400
It is formed under heat and pressure.
What is a metamorphic rock?
400
Another work for treaty land?
What is a reserve?
500
When rock melts into this it will then cool and form an igneous rock.
What is magma?
500
This occurs when water seeps into cracks in rock, freezes and expands.
What is frost wedging?
500
The amount of light that reflects off a rock.
What is lustre?
500
This happens to a sedimentary rock or metamorphic rock when it is changed into an igneous rock.
What is melting & cooling?
500
Another group of aboriginals fighting the government regarding mines.
What is australian?