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What two things do Silicates contain?
Silicon and Oxygen
What is the opposite of Silicates? (That don't contain SIlicon or Oxygen)
Non-Silicates
Which is correct: Minerals are made up of rocks, or rocks are made up of minerals?
Rocks are made up of minerals
Are rocks natural or man-made?
Natural
What are the four properties of Rocks?
Colour, Lustre, Magnetism, Hardness
What are the three types of Rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
What are Igneous rocks?
They are rocks formed from magma or lava
What are Sedimentary rocks?
Rocks made from other rocks or parts of dead living things
What are metamorphic rocks?
Igneous or Sedimentary rocks subject to heat or pressure
What are the two types of Mining?
Underground and Surface Mining
What happens in an earthquake?
The ground shakes
What happens in a volcano?
There is an eruption of magma and lava
What are mountain ranges?
Mountains naturally formed by the Earth
What is Erosion?
A geological process caused by water or ice that changes the landscape
What is transportation?
When minerals and rocks are naturally moved from one place to another
What is deposition
It is the accumulation of transported minerals in one place
