Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Geology pt.2
- Fossils
- Remains
- Rare- soft parts of an
organism
- Original hard parts-
bones, shells
- Petrified wood
and bones
- Remains changed
to stone
- Each cell
replaced by stone
- Impressions
- Hard part dissolves
- Leaves impression
in surrounding rock
- Traces
- Preserved footprints
- Random
- Classified like
animals and plants
- Harder to
find on land
- Less sediment
deposited
- Less disturbance
- P&A decompose
quick with air
- Decomposition rate
slows when buried
- Preserved naturally
in the crust
- Dating- relies on
Zone/Index fossils
- Metamorphic Rocks
- Originally
Igneous/Sedimentary
- Changed-
Pressure & Heat
- Rocks at surface
covered with
sediments=Pressure
- Earth's movement=
flatten, twist, stretch
rocks
- Heat&Pressure=
crystals grow, new
minerals form, gases
released
- Folding&Faulting= twist
and squeeze, change
- crust moves= strain=cracks
- Joint- no movement
along crack
- Fault- crack
with movement
- Fold- Yield to strain
- Contact Metamorphism-
locally melted, direct
contact with hot igneous
rock
- Regional
Matemorphism-
buried deep=H&P,
- Limestone=Marble
- Siltstone=Slate
- Rock Cycle
- Endless process
- Mixing and Reusing
Earth's rocks
- Metamorphic/Igneous
both can melt=Magma
- Igneous/Sedimentary
can both be Metamorphic
- Daily Use
- Tools, shelter, fuel,
transport,
recreation materials
- Evolutionary advantage
in hunting, defence,
food prep to mankind
- WA dependant on
rocks/mining
- Either finite or
non-renewable
resources
- Classifications
- Petroleum
(Natural
gas&oil)
- Fossil Fuels, oil, gas
- decomposed P&A
remains
compressed,extreme
pressure
- Extracted from ground
- shipped/piped to refineries
- physically & chemically changed
- Distillation- separates heavy and light into
groups called fractions of hydrocarbons
- fuel oil- heating- car diesel
- naphtha- gasoline
- butane- cigarette lighters
- propane- bottled gas
- Ethane- component of natural gas
- Petrochemical plant- made into substances
- Xylene
Propylene
Benzene
Ethylene
Toluene
- Processed into well-known materials
(polyethylene, nylon etc)
- Hand lotion,
shampoo, hair
colouring, lipstick,
perfume, nail polish,
mobile phones
- Metallic Minerals
- are ores used
to make metals
- opaque
- good
conductors of
electricity
- Shiny
- Platinum, silver,
mercury, titanium,
cobalt, gold, zinc
- Not found pure, mixed
- Alloy- 2+ metals
combined
- Brass-Copper, zinc
Bronze, Copper, zinc, tin
- Non-Metallic
- Translucent
- form as crystals
- asbestos,
quartz, talc,
sulphur
- ceramic & chemical
industries
- Roads & Buildings
- Rock-forming minerals
- Major building
materials of the Earth
- Largely silicates
(contains silicon &
oxygen)
- Silicon- non-metallic,
always mixed, 2nd
main element after
oxygen in Earth's crust
- large families of micas, garnets etc.
- Metallic,
non-metallic,
rock-forming,
petroleum/plastic,
coal
- Toothpaste
- silica is abrasive, to clean
- Fluoride, from Fluorite makes teeth strong
- Titanium, makes white, in white paint
- Mica to make it sparkle
- Plastics(Petroleum cont.)
- Strong=waste problem
- Research
- Biodegradable
- Photodegradable=
degrades by sunlight
- made from plants=
decomposes to compost
- Made from hydrocarbons
- Want to reduce polymer chain=
lose strength-brittle-degrade into
co2/h2o
- Biodegradable-expensive
- Carseeonigetic-causes
cancer when burnt
- Coal
- millions of years
- remains of living things
- found in layers/seams
under Earth's surface
- heating/ production of steel
- ingredient in pencils, paint, plastics
- Peat-Lignite-Coal
- Removal of resources
- Exploration
- searching for something you want to find
- geologist
- process of finding
areas where minerals
can be found
- Aerial methods
- Geomagnetic
- gravity
- Electromagnetic surveys
- On-site
- Seismic surveys
- geochemical surveys
- satellite images
- Mining
- Removal of the resource from the ground
- WA dependant
- oil and gas= drilling
- Enrichment
- concentration of
the resource
- sometimes removing
materials which aren't
needed
- Extraction
- the process of removing the
material from the ground