For project 1, please provide short answers for the following:
For project 1, please provide short answers for the following:
- Explain how geology incorporates the other sciences, and how it is different from the other sciences
- Discuss why we study the Earth and what type of work geologists do
- Define some of the properties of a mineral and explain the differences between minerals and rocks
- Describe the nature of atoms and their constituents, particularly the behavior of electrons and the formation of ions
- Apply your understanding of atoms to explain bonding within minerals
- Describe mineral lattices and explain how they influence mineral properties
- Categorize minerals into groups based on their compositions
- Describe a silica tetrahedron and the ways in which tetrahedra combine to make silicate minerals
- Differentiate between ferromagnesian and other silicate minerals
- Explain some of the mechanisms of mineral formation
- Describe some of the important properties for identifying minerals