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The whole
planet
________
is made
rocks
of ______and
minerals
____________.
pure
A mineral is a _____
the same
substance--it is ___________
all the way through.
That means that a mineral is
either an _________or
a
element
compound
_____________.
All rocks are made of two or
minerals
more _________.
Crystals
_________________
are
minerals that have had enough
room to develop into the shape
they were meant to be.
Quartz
crystals from
Arkansas
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Copper sulfate
crystals.
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/coppersulfate.jpg
The chemicals that make up
a mineral determine the
____________
of the
shape
crystals
______________
it forms.
Earth Cross-Section
Inner Core
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust
Earth Cross-Section
crust
Earth’s ________
is made up
of rocks and minerals.
Much of the crust is covered
ice
by ___________,
liquid water ________,
sand
soil
_________and
_______.
If you dig deep enough, you
will always hit rocks.
The crust includes all the
soil _________.
horizons
The crust is less than
____
1% of the total mass of
Earth.
Earth Cross-Section
 The mantle is the
solid casing of the Earth.
_____
The mantle makes up
about _______
of Earth’s
70%
mass.
______________comes
Some magma
mantle
from the __________.
Earth Cross-Section
Inner core is ______,
solid
___________
outer core is _______.
liquid
___________
Some magma
______________
comes
from the __________.
outer core
Made mainly of _______
iron
and
nickel
________.
30% of
Makes up about ___
Earth’s mass.
Constant
___________________
of
recycling
material in
______________________
Earth’s crust
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Igneous rock 1._____________
molten rock that cools and
solidifies.
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2._______________rock
Sedimentary
layers of rock fragments that
were compressed and
cemented together.
They often
contain
fossils
__________.
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Metamorphic rocks –
3.________________
igneous or sedimentary rocks
that have been compressed and
heated
without melting
_______________________.
MARBLE
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Igneous rocks form when hot
______________
liquid rock cools
and changes into a
__________.
solid
molten rock is
This __________
magma
called __________.
The process of ___________
melted rock
changing into ___________
solid rock is
solidification
called _____________.
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two
There are ________
main types of igneous
rock, depending on
_________________
where the magma
_______.
cools
________
Intrusive igneous
rocks: ______
magma cools
somewhere inside
Earth’s _______.
crust
This type of rock cools
off very _______.
slowly
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________
Extrusive igneous
rocks: magma ______
erupts
from a ________
volcano and
cools ________
quickly on the
_________.
surface
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Igneous rocks usually
crystals
contain _________.
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Crystals are ______
large if
the magma cooled
_______.
slowly
They are ______
small if the
magma cooled _______.
quickly
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Crystal Cave of
Giants
Largest Crystals Ever Found On
Earth Discovered in Mexico
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