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13 Cards in this Set
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What is true about acid rain? |
acid rain causes more weathering than normal rain |
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Slate is a metamorphic rock. What do you need to form slate? |
heat and pressure |
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A rift zone forms between two oceanic plates. What action occurs just below the center of the rift zone? |
magma flowing up |
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Rocks can be classified by texture. What describes texture? |
the sizes, shapes, and positions of the grains in the rock |
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What are three changes that can cause minerals to form by metamorphism? |
temperature, pressure, chemical makeup |
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Which change of state takes place when magma turns into igneous rock? |
liquid to solid |
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Basalt is dark and fine grained. Granite is light and coarse grained. What explains how they formed? |
Basalt forms when lava cools, granite forms when magma cools |
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What process do all sedimentary rocks have in common when they form? |
cementation |
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What type of rock forms deep below the surface of Earth? |
foliated metamorphic rock |
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Which part of the rock cycle helps form igneous rock, but not other types? |
melting |
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List two mineral characteristics that describe a mineral by what it is made of |
inorganic substances, characteristic chemical composition |
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Describe how elements and compounds are related |
both are made of atoms; compounds include 2 or more elements |
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Name a mineral or type of mineral that is an example of an element and a compound. |
Example: gold = element, quartz = compound |
