What properties are used to characterize minerals?
Chemical or clastic
Hardness, cleavage, streak, density, cleavage, color
chemical, inorganic , clastic, crystal
all are properties to classify minerals
What is a rock? How does it differ from a mineral?
A rock is a mixture of minerals and a mineral is a natural occurring inorganic solid.
A rock is an inorganic compound and a mineral is made of sediments.
none are correct
Rocks are classified as Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphosis.
What are the most common minerals in the crust.
Silicates
crystals
boron
oxygen
Which type of rock is only one that fossils are found in?
Regional Metamorphosis
Contact Metamorphosis
Sedimentary
Igneous Rock
What is Regional Metamorphosis
Near Magma, Rocks in contact or near, Contact with the magma are baked New minerals are formed.
Areas of great amounts of pressure during mountain- building, building ) usually associated with high temperatures.
Rocks only found on the edge of regions
Metamorphic rocks that form on the regions of volcanos.
Compare and contrast magma and lava. of each of earth layers.
Crust is thinnest layer of the earth, The mantle is a semi fluid, and the core is composed of two parts.
Crust is the thicket layer, mantle is extremely dense, and the core is composed of mostly nickle
all answers are descriptions of earths layer
Lava is an Extrusive above the surface rock, Magma is an Intrusive below the surface gathers in large bodies called plutons.
