Mrs. Evans’ Earth Science MILESTONE BOOT CAMP 1 Geology “You have to expect things from yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

An educated guess about what will happen in an experiment??? To Ask Questions??? Inquire/Inquiry An educated guess about what will happen in an experiment??? Hypothesis Logical steps scientists follow to perform experiments. Scientific Method

How Do I Identify A Mineral? Use The Big Four! Occurs naturally??? Cannot be manmade! Inorganic??? Not living & not formed by living processes Crystalline structure??? Orderly, repeated pattern of atoms Solid??? Cannot be liquid or gas.

Other Helpful Tools Fracture BEST WORST WAYS WAYS Hardness Density Streak Cleavage Fracture Luster Special Properties Color

Minerals

1 = softest through 10 = hardest

A handful of minerals consist of a single element – they are called native elements.

Minerals Are NOT Rocks!

Silicates – Silicon & Oxygen Nonsilicates – No Silicon

How are rocks classified? Composition and Texture

Earth’s Crust Composition Which 2 elements make up the majority of the Earth’s crust? Oxygen and Silicon

How Many Types of Rocks?

Rock Cycle

HOW IS SEDIMENTARY FORMED??? HOW IS IGNEOUS FORMED??? LAVA HOW IS SEDIMENTARY FORMED??? DEPOSITION, COMPACTION & CEMENTATION HOW IS METAMORPHIC FORMED??? HEAT & PRESSURE

EARTH’S INTERIOR (INSIDE) Do you know the percentages? <1% 67% Which layer composes the majority of the Earth’s interior? 33% MANTLE

Which type? Sedimentary (strata)

What is this an example of? Which type? Fracture Igneous (Obsidian)

Notice the deformities from heat & pressure! Which type? Metamorphic Notice the deformities from heat & pressure!

Lithosphere is divided into ??? Tectonic Plates Crust floats on liquid part of ______ Mantle

Igneous – Light and Light in Density Igneous – Dark and Dense What is Felsic Rock? What is Mafic Rock? Igneous – Light and Light in Density Igneous – Dark and Dense

Which type of boundary? Convergent Divergent Divergent Convergent Transform Transform

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