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What are 2 nonliving limiting factors far a desert ecosystem?
Rocks. Sand, minerals in the sand, etc..
What are the two ways clastic rocks are divided into 2 groups?
They are divided into puddingstone and somipone. Puddingstone is made of tiny minerals but somipone is made up of HUGE minerals.
Identify two advantages of mining minerals?
Mining minerals has way more than two advantages, but since you asked for 2, they create jobs (for miners) and not to mention the countless uses of the atual minerals and profits.
Is a rock a type of mineral?
Some may be. Minerals are: 1. Solid 2. Naturally formed 3. composed of a crystalline structure 4. Made of inorganic materials. But rocks are: 1. Solid 2. Made of a solid mixture of crystals 3. Made of one or more minerals 4. Can be organic and inorganic (coal, a rock, is an organic material)
What are the two main types of sedimentary rocks?
Clastic (those formed of particles of other rocks) and non-clastic (organic and chemical precipitate or evaporite rocks).
What are the three main minerals and two main uses of rocks?
1. gemstones, metals, and other materials 2. building materials and in industrial processes
What are 2 main uses of rocks?
Two main uses of rock are using them for building materials and industrial processes.
What is one difference in how rocks and minerals are classified?
A rock is made of 2 or more minerals, minerals make up rocks but rocks cannot make up minerals.
What are 2 uses for minerals?
The two uses for metallic minerals are - spacecrafts and automobiles
What is formed of 2 or more minerals?
Rocks
What is the the difference between rocks and minerals?
Rocks are solid substainces that are made of 2 or more minerals and can have organic matter in them as well. On the other hand, minerals are naturally formed inorganic solids that have definite crystalline structures. Rocks and minerals are made through different processes.
When does issue 2 of precious rocks gems and minerals?
Next week
What is the main thing rocks are identified by?
Rocks and Minerals can be identified and distinguished by their distinctive texture, structure, and chemistry.
The smallest group of rock forming minerals consists of silicates?
Rock-forming minerals 1. Silicates - are minerals which consist of silicon and oxygen with some metals or nonmetals. Some rocks which have these minerals are granite, sandstone, basalt, gneiss and quartzite. 2. Carbonates - are minerals which consist of carbon, oxygen and some other elements. Rocks in which these minerals are found include marble, limestone and dolomite. 3. Oxides - are minerals which consist of oxygen and some other elements. They are found in rocks such as sandstone and shale. Although there are about 3000 different minerals found on Earth, there are only very few of them which form rocks.
What 2 rocks are composed primarily of quartz feldspar and clay minerals?
rock salt
What is the chemical makeup of a rock?
The rocks you see around you - the mountains, canyons & riverbeds, are all made of minerals. A rock is made up of 2 or more minerals. Think of a chocolate chip cookie as a rock. The cookie is made of flour, butter, sugar & chocolate. The cookie is like a rock and the flour, butter, sugar & chocolate are like minerals. You need minerals to make rocks, but you don't need rocks to make minerals. All rocks are made of minerals.
What is the hardest of all the rocks?
Hardest Mineral=Diamond Second would be corundum.etc. etc....but these are minerals. Rocks are a combination of at least 2 minerals. A hard "rock" would be nearly any mafic, igneous rock.
