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Minerals
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When a mineral breaks in smooth, flat surfaces.. The amount of matter in an object. Its mass is divided by its volume.. The way a mineral reflects or absorbs light. It could be metallic or non-metallic.. Powder left behind when rubbed across a white or black ceramic plate.. The hue or shade of a mineral based on the minerals that make up the mineral.
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Minerals and Their Properties
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Streak is white, hardness is a 4, color is typically purple,green,yellow sometimes colorless. used in plaster, and drywall, hardness is a 2, streak is white,and colors vary. the streak is colorless, hardness is an 8, uses:in gemstone, and the color is white, yellow, amber,pink,green.and sometimes colorless. The hardness is a 1-2, the color varies from silver to gray, and the streak is black. Hardness is varies from 5.5 to 6.5, colors are black and silver,magnetic,and has a black streak.
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Mines
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When you get to close, it goes BOOM. Dig this tool!. it creates mobs in the dungeon. He shoots arrows at you. 2nd strongest ore.
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Mountains
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Mountains are .... The mountains found in mid America. Not associated with mountain belts. It is found on cold and snowy mountains. The top of a mountain.
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Mountains
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Indonesia (location). they are a very common mountain . where is the Mauna Loa Mountain located?. South Africa (location) and 19,340 feet (elevation). block origin.
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Obtaining and Using Metals
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A rock that contains a high concentration of a metal or metal compound.. A reaction in which a metal reacts with air and sometimes water to form a metal oxide or hydroxide.. A dull film on a metal’s surface.. A process in which a metal is obtained from its ore.. A list of metals in order of reactivity with the most reactive at the top..
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Ocean Geology
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Can you guess all these ocean geology terms correctly? Good luck!
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A collective term for the bast landmasses and their submerged margins.. The study of Earth's physical structure and substance.. Ancient volcano who's summit has been cut off by erosion and then submerged.. Isolated mountain of volcanic origin featuring a pointed summit. . Volcano whose summit rises above sea level..
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Oceans and Fishing
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Known as water planet. Oceans water is generally separated. Largest and deepest ocean. Caste head man. Main crop of bhavanapadu village.
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Properties of Minerals
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It's not formed from living things or the remains of living things.. A minerals ability to split easily along flat surfaces.. The color of a mineral's powder. The look and feel of a rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.. A dark, dense igneous rock with a fine texture that is found in oceanic crust..
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Rivers, Lakes, and Mountains
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This is the 4th largest river in the United States. This mountain is named after 3rd lieutenant Joseph Baker. This lake is named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This river runs close to Ellensburg. This river was named by French fur traders who called it the 'Riviere des chutes'.
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Rock
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a common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock. magma on top of Earth's surface. a type of igneous rock formed inside of Earth's crust. rock formed when broken down rocks compact and cement. when sediment is moved to a new location by natural forces.
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Rock and Mineral Properties
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The process by which sediment settles out of wind or water. The color of a mineral's powder. The property of splitting evenly along flat surfaces. Sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of plants and animals. Igneous rock formed from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface.
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Rock Cycle
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Igneous rock that is formed underground. Sizes, shapes and or positions of the grain that make up the rock. When sediments are cemented together . The process by which sediment particals are created. Metamorphic rocks that have layers.
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Rock Cycle
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Clay that has been consolidated. Magma at the surface of the Earth. Sedimentary rocks buried and subjected to heating go through this. Formed by the consolidation of many sediments. Igneous rock formed at the Earths surface.
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Rock Cycle
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cools on the exterior of the volcano. this kind of igneous rock cools slowly and forms large crystals with coarse grains. sedimentary rocks found in layers and formed from organic material. rocks made by the layering and compacting. a specific type of igneous rock.
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Rocks
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A specific form of an igneous rock made from lava outside a volcano. A specific form of an igneous rock made from magma inside a volcano. The process in which something is heated and molded into something new. Made of sediment that was compacted and cemented together, example; conglomerate, quartz and sandstone. The natural breaking down of materials.
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Rocks
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a type of rock usually showing layers. a process of carrying weathered rock from one place to another. a material from earth useful to people. an igneous rock that has visible crystals of minerals. rock that contains metal or other minerals.
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Rocks
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melted rock outside the earth. the color of the line a rock makes. can be a mold or cast in a rock. particles of rocks. clastic and chemical.
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Rocks
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produced by fire, volcanic. an opening in the earth's crust where melted rock, lava, gases and ash are thrust onto the land. changed in form. the solid matter that settle to the bottom in a liquid. a person who studies the structure of the earth.
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Rocks
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What are two types of igneous rocks?. What is the most common metamorphic rock?. How are metamorphic rocks formed?. What is formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that mineral at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water?. What is the most common igneous rock?.
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Rocks and Mineral
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The minerals that ___ to form our planet are made of one or more elements.. ___ organize rocks based on how they were formed.. The history of rocks and minerals is the history of our ___.. The rock ___ is driven mainly by heat.. On the earth's ___, rocks take a beating..
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Rocks and Minerals
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A green to blue colored precious gem. A dark green,blue, and light are the colors it comes in. A type of rock formed in a place where there used to be water. A type of sedimentary and its main mineral is calcite. A rare red precious gem that is used on some rings.
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rocks and minerals
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can be used for gas and oil. it's made of material from volcanoes. made up of minerals. underlines most of earths surface. made from accumulation of sediments.
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Rocks and Minerals
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Color of powder left on porcelain plate. Tendency of some minerals to break along smooth planes. Fragments of rock that make up sedimentary rocks. Rocks that do not have a layered or banded appearance. Rocks that contain a layered or banded appearance that is produced by exposure to heat and directed pressure.
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Rocks and Minerals
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metamorphic rock formed from two or more. tectonic plates sliding together and creating pressure.. marble is a __________ metamorphic rock. __________ igneous rock forms on the inside the earth.. rock formed from sediment.. marble has no wavy lines on it because it is formed of _________ mineral..
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Rocks and Minerals
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property that causes a mineral to break in a smooth flat plane. Color of a mineral in powdered form. Igneous rock that forms when magma cools over time. Rock formed from compaction or cementation. property that causes a mineral to break with jagged edges.
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Rocks and Minerals
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a type of rock that forms when melted rock materials from inside the Earth cools and on Earth too. scraping a mineral across an unglazed, white tile, called a streak plate, produces a color that is not necessarily the same color as the mineral itself. describes how a mineral breaks into flat surfaces (usually one, two, three or four surfaces) smooth regular planes that reflect light on a mineral. pieces of broken rock, shells, mineral grains and other materials make up what is called sediment, sediments collect together to form this type of rock. how a mineral breaks into forms or shapes other than flat surfaces. Jagged or rough edges that a mineral has.
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Rocks and Minerals
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This rock is found in granite, and is used in electrical insulators. A soft rock formed from mud and clay. This rock is the most abundant mineral and has very pale crystals. A dark, fine-grained rock that forms in volcanoes. These rocks form through accumulating sediments in the ground.
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Rocks and Soil
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TYPE OF WEATHERING THAT BREAKS DOWN BY CHEMICAL REACTIONS. WEATHERING IS BREAKING DOWN ROCKS BY PHYSICAL FORCES. MAGMA WHEN ITS ABOVE GROUND AND LIQUID STATE. SOME MINERALS COMPLETELY ________ IN WATER. LAYERS OF ROCK BREAK OFF GRADUALLY.
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Rocks and their Properties
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hot molten material that is outside of a volcano. the color left when a rock is rubbed against something. when crystals form inside the Earth. a process in which rock is destroyed because of wind,water, and other natural processes. a specifically shaped property of a mineral.
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Rocks and Weathering
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Once magma is out of the ground it becomes.... These cool underground. The outer layer of Earth. It forms quickly in the air. The type od rock formed by lava.
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The process by which sediments are laid down. Molten material near or at the surface of the earth. Rock formation that is a result of cooled and solidified magma beneath the earth’s surface. Rocks formed from the remains of once-living plants and animals. Rocks formed from the process WEDCC.
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Sahara Desert
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a relationship is between a predator and prey, the predator hunts the prey. an organism that photosynthesis. What protects the scorpions skin from the harsh desert sun. These consumers are herbivores which means they only eat grass and plants which are the Producers.. a relationship is where an organism benefits off another organism (or host) while the other organism is harmed and hasn’t benefited from the parasite in anyway..
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Sapphires
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take the chance to gain advantage from.. make slightly wet. represent by means of symbols.. add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony.. admire, revere, or love greatly or excessively..
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Sedimentary Rock
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the process of sediments coming to rest . when dissolved matierials . clastic rock composed of silt and clay . the process of sediments being moved from one place to another. chemical rock composed of mineral calcite .
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Shaping the Land
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Process by which sediment comes to rest.. Large mass of moving ice.. Hardness scale for minerals. Process that move sediment from one place to another.. Fan shaped deposit of sediment at the mouth of a river..
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Soil
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soil that is a mixture of humus, sand, silt, and clay. the movement of weathered rocks and soil. soil with very, very tiny grains of rock. solid rock below soil . the measure of how difficult it is for a mineral to be scratched.
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The Rock Cycle
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A layer in the soil. The process of moving sediment from one place to another. A type of rock that forms when layers of sediment are passed together. A type of rock that forms when heat or pressure change an existing rock. The smallest particlea that make up soil.
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The Rock Cycle
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the process to drop off . comes out of volcanoes. when igneous rocks break down it makes_______.. the process to carry away. compaction and cementation .
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The Rock Cycle
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Material is laid down. Mineral grains are not arranged in panes or bands. The quality of a rock. Grains of sand are eroded from hills and mountains. Sediment moves from one location to another.
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Volcanic Eruptions
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The substance that cakes the sky after a volcanic explosion. A type of scientist that studies volcanoes. A type of volcano that is made up of layers of lava and ash. A tool used by scientists to monitor volcanoes. The scale used to measure volcanic explosivity.
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In May 1883 a volcano called... became active on an island in Indonesia. mount Kilimanjaro in ... has not erupted in thousands of years.. Another word for ash, dust and volcanic dust.... Volcanic gases, including carbon... and sulpher dioxide are released into the atmosphere when volcanoes erupt. What’s the hot stuff that comes out the volcano called?.
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Volcanoes
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Fine particles of rock dust blown from an explosion vent. . A volcano composed of both lava flows and pyroclastic material.. A volcano which is presently inactive but which may erupt again.. A steep-sided, usually circular depression formed by either explosion or collapse at a volcanic vent.. Magma which has reached the surface through a volcanic eruption. Streams of liquid rock that flow from a crater or fissure..
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Volcanoes
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Powdery residue left after the burning of a substance . The form of silicon, occuring especially escorts sand Flint and I p. A aispersion in air of molecules of water especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temp rather than by boiling . Convergent plate boundary where the oceanic lithosphere is suducting. Generates on convergent plates where the oceanic lithosphere is subducting.
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Volcanoes
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powdery residue left after the burning of a substance . the form of silicon, occuring especially as quartz sand, flint and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder. an aispersion in air of molecules of water especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperature than by boiling.. convergent plate boundary where the oceanic lithosphere is subducting . generates on convergent plates where the oceanic lithosphere is subducting .
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Volcanoes
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Lava with smooth, ropelike surfaces. A plateau formed from basaltic lava pouring from a crack or fissure in Earth's surface. Magma that reaches Earth's surface. Resistance to flow. Areas of volcanic activity taht result from plumes of hot solid material that have risen from deep within Earth's mantls.
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Volcanoes
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name given to volcanic areas believed to be formed by mantle plumes. A steep-sided, usually circular depression formed by either explosion or collapse at a volcanic vent. This is what you call a volcano that erupts regularly. The process by which solid, liquid, and gaseous materials are ejected into the earth's atmosphere and onto the earth's surface by volcanic activity.. A volcano that is not presently erupting and is not likely to do so for a very long time in the future.
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Volcanoes Earthquakes Plate Tectonics
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magma with a relatively high sillica content; is thick, light-colored, and slow moving . hot liquid rock that comes out of a volcano. an instrument that detects and records earthquake waves. the measure of how thick a liquid is. a place on the middle of a plate where volcanism occurs; occurs over hot mantle plumes.
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Volcanos
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from fire. under ground point of orgin of an earthquake. a funnel shaped pit at the top. magma out . detects and measure sesmic waves.
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What is a Crystal
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Crystals are always solid and never ______________.. Material is __________ until it melts.. ______________ crystals are thin and spiky. . The more_______________ the material cools, the larger the crystals will be.. As the material get cooler the ______________ of the crystal build up..
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