Slide 1Physical Ocean Videolab The Answers Slide 2 Station 1: What are 2 ways the tide mobile is innacurate? 1. Space 2. Size Slide 3 Why do most coastal areas experience…
Slide 1Rocks A rock is a mixture of one or more minerals. They are classified by the way they are made. Classifying Rocks Igneous Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Metamorphic Rocks…
Slide 1 Mineral Identification Slide 2 Objective 3 Define chemical and physical properties of minerals to include luster, hardness, cleavage, fracture, streak, color, specific…
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Slide 1 Igneous rocks Geology 101 Slide 2 Igneous rocks’ origin Ignis (Latin for fire) – these rocks were crystallized from a molten state. They are not formed by sediment…
Slide 1 Review 1. What are the two mineral groups?1. What are the two mineral groups? 2. What does chemical composition mean?2. What does chemical composition mean? Slide…
Slide 1 THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF ROCKS Slide 2 Rocks: a mixture of minerals and other materials. They are classified by how they form. The three types of rocks are igneous,…
Slide 1 Geology Mineral (definition) 1. naturally occurring, 2. inorganic solid 3. with a specific chemical composition 4. a definite crystalline structure Minerals can…
Slide 1 ESCI 101: Lecture The Rock Cycle & Igneous Rocks February 23, 2007 Copy of this lecture will be found at: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~esci101 With Some Graphics…
Slide 1 Silicates SiO n silicon oxide 1/3 of all minerals are silicates about 95% of the Earth’s crust is composed of silicates Slide 2 Earth’s Crust Chemical…