GEOGRAPHY I
Pulling apart of plates is called _________
Divergence/Diverging plates
Plants make their own food. Hence, they are called _______.
Autotroph
The mesopotamian civilization was called by the name because it was between ______ and ______ rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates
Sedmentary rocks are formed from cooling of lava. True or False
False
Asthenosphere
Non living things cannot have any of the characteristics of life that living things have.
True or False
False
The first big empire in Mesopotamia was built in_________.
Akkad
What are the two types of sedimentary rocks?
Classic and Chemical
Basalt is kind of _______igneous rock.
Extrusive igneous rock
The body gets rid of harmfl or waste material. This process is called __________.
Excretion
Shulgi was the king of ________ city.
Ur
Formation of sedimentary rocks requires deposition,____________ and cementation of rock fragments.
Compaction.
Lava that cools very quickly forms a glass called ________.
Obsidian
Respiration is a process by which (1)______________. It mostly requires (2)_________ gas.
(1) Energy is released from food.
Hamurabi was king of __________.
Babylon
In the rock cycle, rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by ________________.
Agents of denudation.
All Granite contain the mineral called ______.
Quartz
The living things that live on other living things, like leeches and ticks for energy are called __________.
Parasites
Cuneiform writing got its name from the word cuneus which means ________.
Wedge
Marble is a metamorphic rock which originally was ____________.
Limestone