Sunday, February 8, 2009

Week of Febuary 2nd

Week of Febuary 2nd

Uniformitarianism
-continuous process from beginning to now
-weathering/erosin
-long time
-gradual change
-mountians>sediment>ocean>mountian
-sedimentary rock

Catastrophism
-outcome of major events
-earthequake, volcanos, floods
-short time
-drastic change
-igneous rocks
-metamorphic rocks


From proton to mountian:
Proton & other stuff>atom>elements>minerals>rocks> mountians


On Thursday and Friday we did a lab that was to find out the order of 8 different minerals from softest to hardest.

1. Talc (softest)
2. Gyptsym
3. Calsight
4. Floright
5. Apatite
6. Feldsbar
7. Quartz
8. Corumdon (hardest)

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