Construction Materials, Natural Agencies, Groundwater, Foundations, Rock Stability, Planning and Design

Preliminary Investigation, Detailed Geological Survey, Geophysical Surveys, Boring, Drilling, and Excavation, Soil and Rock Testing

Physical Geology, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Hydrogeology, Environmental Geology

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

Atmosphere, Solid Earth

Troposphere, Ozone Layer, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Internal Structure

Puzzle Pieces, Fossil Evidence, Rock Evidence, Glacier Evidence, Climate Evidence

Divergent Boundaries, Convergent Boundaries, Transform Boundaries

Exogenous Processes, Endogenous Processes

Mechanical (Physical), Chemical, Biological

Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

Volcanism, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Mountain Building, Glacial Activity

Tenacity, Hardness, Cleavage, Fracture, Streak, Luster, Color, Specific Gravity, Crystal Form

Temperature, Pressure, The chemical activity of water present., The mobility and relative abundance of chemical element.

Cubic System, Hexagonal System, Tetragonal System, Rhombohedral System, Orthorhombic System, Monoclinic System, Triclinic System

Vitreous, Resinous, Pearly, Greasy, Silky, Adamantine

Crystal Structure, Crystal Composition

Formation from Hot Material, Formation from Solutions, Minerals from Salt Water, Minerals from Hot Underground Water, Other Ways:, - Precipitation from Aqueous Solution, - Precipitation from Gaseous Emanations, - Metamorphism, - Weathering, - Organic Formation

Volcanic Gases, Sediment Formation, Oxidation, Crystallization from Magma, Deposition from a Saline Fluid