Landforms
I am a deep narrow area surrounded by a mountain's steep sides. What am I?
Canyon
What do we call cracks in Earth's crust?
Faults
I formed from molten rock or magma. What type of rock am I?
Igneous
What are the two categories of minerals?
Metals and Gems
Name two of the rock particles in soil.
Sand, silt, clay
I am a hill with steep sides and a flat top. What am I?
Butte
What causes earthquakes and volcanoes?
The movement of Earth's plates along plate boundaries.
I formed from rock particles that settled in layers. What type of rock am I?
Sedimentary
I am a property of a mineral.
I describe how a mineral's surface reflects light.
I can be glassy, metallic, or chalky.
What am I?
Luster
Name three of the ingredients in soil.
Rock particles, air, water, and decomposing matter.
I am a large area of raised flat land that extends for a great distance. What am I?
Plateau
Where in the world can we find the most volcanic activity?
The Ring of Fire
I formed from rock that was changed by heat, pressure, or both. What type of rock am I?
Metamorphic
I am a mineral's color in powdered form.
What am I?
Streak
I am the soil layer with the most organic matter (matter that comes from plants and animals) in it.
What am I?
Topsoil
I am a long, narrow, sunken area in the ocean floor. What am I?
Trench
Around what ocean is the Ring of Fire located?
The Pacific Ocean
I am made from chunks of rock glued together by other rock. What type of rock am I?
Conglomerate
What property of minerals causes them to break along smooth, flat surfaces?
Cleavage
I am the soil layer made of broken down rock which generates the material that makes up all the other layers.
What am I?
Parent Material
I am a line of mountains connected by high ground. What am I?
What are the Himalayas and how were they formed?
The Himalayas are mountains. They were formed when two plates collided and pushed up against one another.
I am made from the bones and shells of sea creatures. What rock am I?
Limestone
What is the hardest mineral in the world?
Diamonds
What do we call a cross section of soil?
A soil profile