The physical properties of minerals and rocks can be used as a classification tool to identify the basic building blocks of Earth by type and the cause and effect factors that form a specific rock. Minerals and rocks change over time from one type to another.
This video reviews the different physical properties that are used to identify minerals. It provides examples for each test demonstrated.
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Mohs Hardness Scale |
Elements of Earth Science: Rocks, Minerals, and Soils
What is a mineral?
What are the physical properties of minerals?
What are the different types of rocks and how are they formed?
What is the rock cycle diagram?
This video describes igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks by explaining how they are formed, some examples of each type, and how the rock cycle changes one type of rock into another.
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This video explains how the different layers of the Earth came to be as the Earth was formed because of the density of the different elements.
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Earth's interior isn't quite what we thought it was
This video describes the layers of the Earth and the elements that are found in each layer. It also describes continental and oceanic crust and how they move.
This video demonstrates how the plates are moved by convection currents.
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Structure of the Earth: Crust, Mantle, and Core
This video gives a brief explanation of the layers of the Earth.
National Geographic: How Volcanoes Form
This video describes how volcanoes form and the correlation with the location of plate boundaries and the Ring of Fire.
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Earthquakes, Tectonic Plates, and Fault Lines
This video describes what happens during an earthquake.