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What are the three different types of rocks?
Igenous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
How does Igneous rock form?
Interation with lava or hydrothermal deposits.
How does Metamorphic rock form?
Intense pressure/heat
How does Sedimentary rock form?
Weathering/erosion of different sized particles
What are minerals?
naturally-occuring crystalline solid
What are rocks?
aggregate of one or more aggregate minerals
How are rocks/minerals used today?
Tool,s Building, Artifaxcts, Consumables, Deocration, Jewlery
What types of rock are the continental crust and oceanic crust made of?
Continental: basalt
Oceanic: granite
What minerals make up granite? Basalt?
Granite: quarts, mica
Basalt:feldspar, magnetite
What is stone mountain made of?
granite
How does granite respond to weathering?
quartz is resistant
Extracting AL?
boxite?
What's in granite?
Silicon and Oxygen
What are the two most prevalent things in rocks?
Oxygen and Silicon
What kind of rock is granite?
Felsic
What kind of rock is Basalt?
mafic
Oceanic/Continental?
Oceanic: Basalt
Continental: felsic
What is table salt's mineral?
sodium
How does sodium form?
evaporation
Difference between mineral reserve and mineral resources?
Mineral Reserves- currently feasible

Mineral Resource: Potentially feasible
What type of minerals do we use most of?
non-metals
What are the most used minerals?
stone and sand
How do soils form?
weathering
Soil layers?
Oscar Asked Eva to Be Careful Rafting
What factors influence soil formation?
Parent Material, Soil Aeration, Climate, Topography, and Time
Sequence soil forms?
RCABEO
Moderate Temp, Lots of Rain: Soil?
organic-rich topsoil
Extreme cold/hot, minor rain: Soil?
Soil less common
Very warm/humid?
Lots of weathering and leaching.
Georgia State soil?
Tifton
O
A
E
B
C
R
O- Over long time
A- above weathered parent
E- Extensive leaching
B- By leaching
C- Consquently, weathered
R- Rock
How much of Earth is freshwater?
3.5%
What's the water cycle?
1. Water evaporates
2. Water forms clouds
3. Water gets cold, becomes liquid
4. Water falls
What ares of the US use the most water?
Irrigation and thermoelectric power.
Where do humans get drinking water from?
underground
Where does Statesboro get water from?
Florida Aquifer
What is porosity?
ratio of open spaces to total volume of subsurface material
What is permability?
How much water can "flow" through material
What's an aquifer?
Body of rock or sediment that is porous, permeable, and saturated.
Kinds of aquifers?
confined, perched, unconfined
What is characterized with different types of aquifers?
depth to water, flow, water chemistry, hydraulic head.
What is hydraulic head?
elevation of water above datum,.
What's a fossil fuel?
natural substance formed long ago from: burial, compaction, and heating.
What's the mass balance equation?
IN water- OUT water = STORED water
What are fossil fuels used for?
Industry and Transportation
How old are fossil fuels?
300 million years old
Kinds of coal?
Peat, Lignite, Bitaminous, Athracite
Coal is mostly made of ____
swamp plants
Bigger molecular weight = ____
longer chain
Longer molecular chain = ___
bigger molecular weight
What's a petroleum trap?
place where petroleum is trapped