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Listen to the recording once more. For questions 6-15, complete the notes with the missing information



6.   Weathering is the process of rock  
7.   Temperature changes in deserts and mountains are  
8.   As a result of expansion and contraction, rocks  
9.     Finally rocks transform into  
10.     When water freezes it increases  
11.     Rock pieces have varied  
12.   Physical weathering is of rocks due to heat and cold.  
13.   Chemical weathering means the influence of water, carbon dioxide  
14.   Water directs to more complex.  
15.   The action of plants is very

4.2 Listen to the following lecture- Minerals: rock components. Fill in the spaces with the missing information. You will hear the lecture twice.

Some rocks can be seen with the naked eye. These particles are (1) _______. These are (2) _______ ______, which have been inorganically formed. They have definite (3) ________ _________- and definite (4)_________ _________. When a rock forms, the chemicals organize themselves into different minerals. There are hundreds of different minerals, but some are more (5) __________ than others. Every rock is made up of a (6) __________ of different minerals. We can divide minerals into (7)_________ broad categories: 1. (8)________________ 2. (9) _____________ (10)_______ is the most common chemical component of the Earth. The most common rock-forming minerals are (11) _________. The simplest mineral of this type is (12) ___________. It is pure (13) _________. There are metallic elements combined with silica. An example is magnesium-iron silicate called (14) ________. It is the most common mineral of the (15) ___________ crust. The (16) _____crust is rich in (17) ______, so it’s also rich in aluminum silicate, called (18) ________. Compounds containing carbon are called (19) ________. The most important is (20) _________. It is an (21) _________ mineral, because it’s affected by (22) ___________. The silicates contain (23) ________. Because of their chemical nature, these metals are impossible to remove. (24)_______are metals that contain oxygen and are important ore minerals. Examples are (25) _________ and (26) ________. A metal combined with sulfur forms a (27) ________. These include (28) _______ and (29) _________.



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