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18 Cards in this Set
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What are four terrestrial planets and what are five that are not terrestrial planets?
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Terrestrial Planets are Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars.
Not Terrestrial Planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,Neptune, Pluto. |
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What is a rock?
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Rock is simply any natural occurring solid mixture of minerals and other materials.
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What is Mineral?
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Minerals are any naturally occurring, inorganic chemical compound found in the earth.
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What are the rocks called that forms from cooled magma?
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Igneous Rock
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What are the rocks that formed from pieces of other rocks?
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Sedimentary rocks.
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What are the rocks that are formed in heat and pressure?
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Metamorphic rocks.
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What are the three types of rocks?
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Igneous
Metamorphic Sedimentary |
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What is weathering?
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Opposite of mountain building.
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What is depostiotn?
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The broken pieces of rock are dropped else where.
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WHat are two types of weathering?
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- Physical weathering
- chemical weathering |
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What is physical weathering?
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Broken up without any chemical change in the materials of the rock. Mechanically breask the rock.
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What are five types of physical weathering?
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-Frost action
-Root Action -Thermal Expansion -Rebounding -Abrasion |
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What is chemical weathering?
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Changed rocks chemical composition
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What are four types of chemical weathering?
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-Water Weathering
-Oxidation -Carbon Acid -Living Organism |
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What are three types of water weathering?
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Minerals are dissolced in water.
Hydration Absorbs water |
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What is oxidation?
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Minerals join with oxygen to form new substance.
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What is carbon acid?
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Carbon dioxide reacts with water to form carbon acid. This acid can dissolve limestone. Biggest reason caves are formed.
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What is living organism?
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Acids from living organism such as liches, dissolve certain rock minerals, usually the first plants to start growing.
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