Rocks and Minerals
The properties that all minerals share
What are
naturally occurring
Inorganic
Solid
Crystalline structure
Definite chemical composition?
Erosion
What is he movement of sediments from their previous location?
What is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements?
In plate tectonics, Earth's outermost layer, or lithosphere—made up of the crust and upper mantle—is broken into large rocky plates.
Type of resource:
Wind, Water, Geothermal, Solar
What is Renewable?
The result of the average temperature on Earth rising. The Earth is getting warmer because greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide) are released into the air and gather in the atmosphere.
What is Climate Change (Global Warming)?
These are some properties we can use to tell different minerals apart
What are:
Hardness
Luster
Streak
Cleavage/Fracture
Density
Color?
Weathering
What is he breaking apart of larger formations (rocks, cliffs, mountains, etc.) into smaller pieces?
This type of plate boundary occurs when plates move towards one another forming mountains on land
what is convergent?
Type of resource:
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas
What is Non-renewable?
Three factors contributing to Climate Change
What are
Burning fossil fuels
Pollution
Deforestation?
Rocks formed from cooling magma or lava
What are igneous rocks?
Deposition
What is the depositing of sediments into a new location?
This type of plate boundary forms when plates move apart, forming rift valleys or ocean ridges
What is divergent?
The most famous Non-renewable resource that isn't a fossil fuel?
What is nuclear power?
How to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
What is sustainability?
Rocks formed by undergoing extreme heat and pressure
What are metamorphic rocks?
Soil is made of these things
What are organic material, inorganic material, air, and water?
This type of plate boundary forms when plates slide past one another, causing Earthquakes
What is transform?
It can't be replaced in a single human lifetime
What is a non-renewable resource?
This greenhouse gas is a huge contributor to climate change
What is
Carbon Dioxide?
Methane?
Rocks formed from layers of weathered rocks, cemented and compacted together
What are sedimentary rocks?
___________ are examples of physical weathering, _________ are examples of chemical/biological weathering
What are Gravity, Water, Wind, Ice?
What are Plants (Roots), Animals, Micro-organisms, Oxidation?
These three lines of evidence that support plate tectonics
What are:
the continents fit together
similar fossils found on different continents
Magnetic signatures proving seafloor spreading?
It cannot be exhausted or exists in a cycle to be used again and again
What is a renewable resource?
These are some signs our climate is rapidly changing
What are
rising sea levels
extreme weather events
melting glaciers?