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Earth Structures- sp

4th grade standards review- minerals, rocks, weathering, erosion, renewable

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weathering/ meteorización rock is broken through the force of another substance/ la roca se rompe por la fuerza de otra sustancia
erosion/ erosión the action where substances such as rock and soil are moved from one location to another/ la acción en la que sustancias como la roca y el suelo se mueven de un lugar a otro
renewable resources/ Recursos renovables a resource which can be renewed or replaced easily/ un recurso que se puede renovar o reemplazar fácilmente
non renewable resources/ Recursos no renovables a resource that cannot be replaced easily/ un recurso que no puede ser reemplazado fácilmente
mineral/ mineral a solid non living substance that occurs in nature/ una sustancia sólida no viva que ocurre en la naturaleza
rock/ roca a naturally occuring substance made of two or more minerals and possibly fossils/ una sustancia natural hecha de dos o más minerales y posiblemente fósiles
Igneous rock/ Roca ígnea rock that is formed when magma cools/ roca que se forma cuando el magma se enfría
Sedimentary rock/ roca sedimentaria rock that is formed when sand and small rocks compact and cement together/ roca que se forma cuando la arena y las rocas pequeñas se compactan y cementan juntas
Metamorphic rock/ Roca metamórfica rock that is formed under extreme heat and pressure/ roca que se forma bajo condiciones extremas de calor y presión
Luster/ lustre the shininess of a mineral/ el brillo de un mineral
Hardness/ dureza how easily a mineral is scratched/ con qué facilidad se raya un mineral
Cleavage/ hendedura the pattern or angles in which a mineral breaks apart/ el patrón o ángulos en los que un mineral se rompe
Color/ el color the visible color of a mineral/ el color visible de un mineral
streak/ la raya the color of the powder a mineral leaves on a ceramic tile or plate/ el color del polvo que deja un mineral en un azulejo o placa de cerámica
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