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| A change in the physical property of a substance, but not the chemical identity |
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| The change of one substance into another |
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| Properties observed when substance's identity changes and a new substance is formed |
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| Properties observed without changing the identity of a substance |
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| Examples of physical properties |
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| density, volume, mass, color, size |
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| Examples of chemical properties |
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Combustibility - how well and object burns
Ability to rust - how an object reacts to water and oxygen |
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| Signs of a chemical change |
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| The break down of rock through physical changes |
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| The break down of a rock that changes its chemical composition |
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| Ways rocks can be weathered mechanically |
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Frost Wedging
Salt Crystal Growth
Pressure Release
Abrasion
Biological Activity
**Be able to describe one in detail |
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| Ways rocks can be chemically weathered |
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Dissolving
Rusting
**Be able to describe one in detail |
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| Factors that affect weathering RATE |
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Surface Area
Rock Composition
Climate
**Be able to describe one in detail |
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| Plate tectonics cause the rock cycle |
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| Plate tectonics move large masses of rock in and out of Earth causing the cycle to occur |
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| New crust is made where 2 plates spread apart - found in the ocean. |
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| Where one plate sinks under another and metamorphic rock is formed |
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