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Geology: Definition, Modern Approaches, and Properties of Minerals, Quizzes of Environmental Science

Definitions and essential concepts in geology, focusing on modern geology and the properties of minerals, including their luster, color, streak, crystal shape, crystal growth, hardness, cleavage, and fracture.

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2010/2011

Uploaded on 09/28/2011

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TERM 1
What kind of science is Geology?
DEFINITION 1
Environmental
TERM 2
Modern Geology
DEFINITION 2
combines oberservation and laboratory
activities(measurements and calculations)to explain natural
phenomenon.
TERM 3
Geology has grown into an...
DEFINITION 3
Analytical Science
TERM 4
Elements
DEFINITION 4
substances that cannot be changed into other substances by
normal chemical methods
TERM 5
Atoms
DEFINITION 5
particals that make up elementsProtonsNeutronsElectrons
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What kind of science is Geology?

Environmental

TERM 2

Modern Geology

DEFINITION 2

combines oberservation and laboratory

activities(measurements and calculations)to explain natural

phenomenon.

TERM 3

Geology has grown into an...

DEFINITION 3

Analytical Science

TERM 4

Elements

DEFINITION 4

substances that cannot be changed into other substances by

normal chemical methods

TERM 5

Atoms

DEFINITION 5

particals that make up elementsProtonsNeutronsElectrons

Isotopes

forms of an element that have different atomic masses.

TERM 7

Minerals

DEFINITION 7

Building blocks of Rocks

naturally occuring

solid

inorganic

crystalline structure

definite chemical composition

TERM 8

Luster Property of Mineral

DEFINITION 8

Light reflected from the surface of a mineral

TERM 9

Color Property of Mineral

DEFINITION 9

unreliable as a diagnostic property

TERM 10

Streak Property of Mineral

DEFINITION 10

color of mineral in its powder form.