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What is the definition of a mineral?

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A natural, solid material with a crystal structure.

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What are quarries?

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A really big hole in the ground where a lot of minerals are found.

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what is a crystal?

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something thats hard a clear

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what is a mine?

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a big hole with lots of rocks and minerals

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What is the hardest mineral?

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Diamond

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What is the most recycled metal on earth?

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Aluminum

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What is the definition of a rock?

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A natural,solid inorganic material

made of one or more minerals

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___________ is the breaking off, breaking down, and moving of rock (i.e. by water, etc.)

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Erosion

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Liquid rock above Earth’s surface is called _________________.

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Magma

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Name some places you can find rocks?

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Any of the following: mountain, sea floor, beach, garden soil, desert, cave, underground, volcano, forest floor.

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Which has a crystal structure? Rocks or Minerals?

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Minerals

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What is the best ore in minecraft

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Diamond

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What is made from lava cooling (minecraft water and lava mix)

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Obisidian

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What is geology?

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The study of the Earth ZachB

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What’s the definition of limestone?

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Usually white/grey milky looking

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why are rocks important to palaeontologists?

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Because they study By:Nicholas

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What are some advantages that recycling or reusing rocks and minerals has over mining new ones?

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  1. It costs less than mining new ones

2. It preserves (keeps) resources

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What is inorganic?

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Something that is not living ZachB

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Marble is a rock used for ______ that come from minerals

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Sculptures By Ashlynn =>

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what are the three types of rocks in the rock cycle?

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igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

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is gold more expensive or diamond?

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diamond is worth more than gold

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What is Marble?

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It is a rock ZachB

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How is Igneous rock transformed into metamorphic rock?

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Intense heat and pressure. ZachB

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What is a metamorphic

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A type of rock

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What is the worst ore in minecraft?
Gold By:Nicholas
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what makes rocks and minerals similar?
Both solid,natural,inorganic By;nicholas
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What is the hardest mineral to find
Diamonds
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what mineral is harder then apatite but softer then quarts a)topaz b) fluorite c) orthoclase
c) orthoclase by jayme
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What is a fossil
It's a extinct or dead animal covered in rock by Dayden and Riley.
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What makes rocks and minerals different?
Minerals are made up of 1 thing. Rocks are made up of more than one thing
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What mineral is harder than Fluorite but softer than Topaz? A. Orthoclase B. Apatite C. Talc
Orthoclase and Apatite ZachB
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What is standstone?
Layers of sand pressed together ZachB
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What is a fossil used for?
To recreate and examine a extinct animal:by Riley and Dayden
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What is the second worst mineral
Gypsum ZachB
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What is the worst mineral
Talc ZachB
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Metals are ________ found in rocks.
minerals By:Nicholas
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What is granite called when heat and pressure is put on it
Gneiss ZachB
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What is limestone called when heat and pressure is put on it
Marble ZachB
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What happens when rocks get squished up together what do they become?
A formation of marble?:Dayden and Riley
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What is metamorphic rock called when it is melted into magma
Igneous rock ZachB
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What is Igneous rock called when it is hit by Erosion
Sedimentary rock ZachB
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When they are extracted from rock, the rock is called ___________?
ore By:Nicholas
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What is ammonite
A fossilized shell of an extinct sea animal ZachB
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What is palaeontology
The study of prehistoric lifeZachB
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What is streak
The colour of a mineral's powderZachB
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what is the definition of raw material
a material found in nature by:Cindy*
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What is manufacture
Make a product from raw materials ZachB
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Specific chemical make - up ________ | Structure
Crystal by Ryan
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What is the strongest mineral
Diamond by Nathan1234567891011
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What is hardness
How difficult it is to scratch a mineral ZachB
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What is lustre
The way light reflects off the surface of a mineral by:ZachB
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whats the softest minaral
talc
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what do they use to study geology
rocks by Dayden and Riley
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What is the best thing to find in a cave in minecraft
Diamond or emerald by blake
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what is lustre
reflecting off the surface on a mineral by Dayden and Riley
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what is a diamond
a really hard mineral by riley
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what do they use to study geology
rocks

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