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21 Cards in this Set
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mineral
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a mineral is natrual inorganic crystalline solid
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cleavage and fractrue
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the charcteristic of minerals to split easily
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silicate minerals
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Minerals that contain silicate and oxygen consists 96% of the earth's crust
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hardness
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The Charteristic of a mineral that shows how to resistant a mineral is to scratching the mohs hardness scale determines the hardness of the minerals
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non-silicate minerals
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these do not contian silicon and are made up of 4% of the earth's crust
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streak
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the color of a mineral in its powdered form
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igneous rock
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rocks that form when magma cools and hardens two types of igneous rocks are intrusive which is below the surfase. when magma cools on the earths surface its extrusive
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sedimentary rocks
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formed through accumulation of various types of sediment
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non-renewable resource
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These are mineral resources that we find in earth's crust and cant be replaced
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renewable resource
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These are resources like air, that call be replaced
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fossil fules
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Natural resources that form from the remains of living things. Because of their organic origin these resources, coal, petroleum, and natural gas, are called fossil fuels. has hydrocarbons
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carbonazation
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The process that forms coal. Carbonization occurs when partially decomposed trees and other plants are buried in swamp mud.
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nuclear fission
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The splitting of the nucleus of a larger atom
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nuclear fusion
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The process in which the nuclei of smaller atoms combine and form larger nuclei. .
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alternitive energy
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Energy sources that do not come from fossil fuels or nuclear energy. These include solar, geothermal, hydro-electric, and wind energy.
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mechanical weathering
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The breakup of rocks into smaller pieces through physical ways. This does not change the rocks chemical composition
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chemical weathering
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The process in which chemical processes break down rocks by changing their chemical composition. Hydrolysis, carbonation and oxidation are examples of chemical weathering.
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soil profile
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A cross section in which layers of the soil and the bedrock beneath the soil can be seen.
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erosion
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The process by which weathered fragments of rock are transported away from where the weathering occurred. This can include gravity, wind, glaciers, and water.
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geological cloumn
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The ordered arrangement of rock layers which is based upon the ages of the rock.
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theory of evolution
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charles darwin's Organisms that are able to adapt to their environment live to pass on their genes.
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