2. GEOLOGY
• The study of the Earth’s Physical
Structure, its History, and the
processes that act on it.
3.
4. ROCK CYCLE
• Igneous ”ignis”= FIRE
IGNEOUS rocks are constantly being recycles
and formed in the rock cycle, and this has
been going on since the beginning of Earth’s
History
8. How do minerals undergo the
process of crystallization.
a. starts with need for a starting material
with atoms that can come together in
the proper proportions.
b. The growth can come from a form of
liquid or a gas
9. . needs the length of time
and space for
crystallization as well as
the appropriate
temperature and pressure
