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A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite crystalline structure and chemical composition.
What is a mineral?
All minerals contain one or more of these, which are pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.
What are elements?
A mineral composed of only one element
What is a native element?
The most common type of mineral is this type, made up of both silicon and oxygen.
What is silicate?
This group of nonsilicate minerals includes calcite, and contain a combination of carbon and oxygen.
What carbonates?
A mineral’s resistance to being scratched.
What is hardness?
The color of the powdered form of a mineral.
What is streak?
The way the surface of a mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
The tendency of a mineral to split along specific planes of weakness to form smooth, flat surfaces.
What is cleavage?
the amount of matter in a given amount of space.
What is density?
a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and may also include organic matter.
What is rock?
Forms when molten rock cools and hardens Forms when molten rock cools and hardens. It forms on or beneath Earth’s surface.
Forms when molten rock cools and hardens Forms when molten rock cools and hardens. It forms on or beneath Earth’s surface.
What is igneous rock?
Forms when sediment from older rocks or minerals that form from solutions get pressed and cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock?
forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.
What is metamorphic rock?
The type of rock that forms from lava.
What is extrusive igneous rock?
The breakdown of rock material by physical and chemical processes.
What is weathering?
The process by which water seeps into cracks in rock, freezes, then starts to split the rock apart.
What is ice or frost wedging?
The breaking down and wearing away of rock material by the mechanical action of other rocks.
What is abrasion?
This is created when certain gases mix with water in the atmosphere, and then fall to Earth.
What is acid precipitation?
A chemical reaction by which chemicals in rock combine with oxygen in the air or in water.
What is oxidation?
The process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another.
What is erosion?
A fan-shaped pattern of deposited sediment in a body of water.
What is a delta?
Mounds of wind-deposited sand, common in deserts and along the shores of lakes and oceans.
What are dunes?
A large mass of moving ice that forms by the compacting of snow by natural forces.
What is a glacier?
The removal of fine sediment by wind.
What is deflation?
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The compound that makes up the shells and skeletons of some marine organisms
What is calcium carbonate?