Earth Materials - Vocabulary
geology - The study of rocks and minerals.
geologist - A person that studies earth and Rocks and Minerals
property - A property is something about charicteristices about an objects for instance a rock is smooth shiney in some parts rough and black and brown.
rock - a rock is alot of diffrent kinds of minearls grouped together.
mineral - Minerals make rocks.
dissolve - to wear away.
crystal - crystals make minerals.
evaporate - evaporation is when something that has water in it goes through the water cycle.
erosion - to wear away
earthquake - an earthquake is when two plate tectonics push against each other.
volcano- a volcano is just like an earthquake execpt fire/lava/magma comes shooting out of an moutain
igneous- a rock that has been melted then hardens again
metamorphic- a metamorphic rock is a rock that has been changed.
sedementary- A sedementary rock is a rock that has been changed in water.
plate techtonics- a plate techtonic is part of the earths crust that forms earth quakes and when the plate techtonics push upwards it can form a volcno or a mountain.
Comments (4)
tanner said
at 8:32 am on Nov 18, 2008
where is the page with the paper of what you need to do with your rock collection?
emmett said
at 7:27 pm on Nov 18, 2008
It's on the Class Website, Tanner
emily said
at 8:19 pm on Nov 20, 2008
I think that there are alot of them
maddie said
at 10:28 am on Dec 23, 2008
my favorite folder is the student folder because we get to do our own little assesments
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