Silicate & nonsilicate Monday May 1st 2017 Review – Minerals What are the two (2) main types of minerals? One of the minerals mentioned in #1 makes up ~90% of the Earth’s crust. What two (2) elements (from the periodic table) make up these minerals? Name two (2) properties of minerals. Silicate & nonsilicate Silicon & oxygen Color, Luster, Streak, Hardness, Density & Breakage (Fracture/Cleavage)
Tuesday May 2nd 2017 Moh’s Orthoclase Review – Minerals What is the name of the hardness scale for minerals? What mineral can scratch apatite but gets scratched by quart? Rating Mineral Examples 1 Talc Baby Powder 2 Gypsum Fingernail 3 Calcite Concrete 4 Fluorite Marble 5 Apatite Window glass 6 Orthoclase Steel knife 7 Quartz Granite; Sand 8 Topaz 9 Corundum Ruby; Sapphire 10 Diamond Moh’s Orthoclase
Wednesday May 3rd 2017 #1 Identify the missing parts of the rock cycle! #4 #3 #2
Thursday May 4th 2017 Intrusive Extrusive Review – Rocks #3. Creating metamorphic rock due to contact with magma under the Earth’s surface. Review – Rocks There are two (2) types of igneous rocks. Which type is formed when magna pushes into surrounding rock below the Earth’s surface and cools? Which type forms after magma erupts onto the Earth’s surface? ? Intrusive #4. Creating metamorphic rock over large areas due to extreme heat & pressure. ? Extrusive
Friday May 5th 2017 Review – Layers of the Earth Identify the unknown layers of the Earth. 3 1 4 2