Department
of Earth Science |
Northeastern
Illinois University
INTRODUCTION
TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI
121
Spring
2007
Daily Objectives
#5 (January
24, 2006)
Dr. Sanders
By the end of
today’s class, you should be able to do the
following:
Plate Tectonics
*
Explain what will be expected of you in Homework
Assignment #2 .
Minerals
* Review: Explain the difference between rocks and minerals.
* List the characteristics that all minerals
have in common.
* Explain what is meant by the following terms used to
describe mineral
properties:
q hardness
q luster
q streak
q specific gravity
(similar to
density)
q cleavage
q color
q odor
q solubility
* Explain how to
evaluate the mineral properties listed above for a
given mineral sample.
* Using a
mineral identification key, associate the name of a given
mineral sample based with its properties. (For fun, visit the online
mineral identification key provided by the
Mineralogical Society of
America!)
© 2007 Laura L. Sanders. Last updated
January 24, 2007.