Weathering,Deposition and Erosion
Rocks and Minerals
Habitats
Fast and Slow Changes
Land and Water Features
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
100
The color of the powder left when a mineral is rubbed across a hard surface.
What is streak?
100
This habitat has a dry climate. There is usually less than 25 cm of rain each year.
What is a desert?
100
This happens when water flows over land that is usually dry.
What is a flood?
100
The low land between hills or mountains.
What is a valley?
200
When water freezes, it takes up more space or ________.
What is expands?
200
Describes how easily a mineral can be scratched.
What is hardness?
200
This means that animal sleeps during the day and comes out at night when it is cooler.
What is nocturnal?
200
This is the rapid movement of rocks and soil down a hill or mountain.
What is a landslide?
200
Land with water all around it.
What is an island?
300
The dropping off of weathered rock
What is deposition?
300
Describes how light bounces off a mineral.
What is luster?
300
This is a habitat that is covered with grass.
What are grasslands?
300
A mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth's crust.
What is a volcano?
300
A large body of moving water.
What is a river?
400
The movement of weathered rock
What is erosion?
400
A solid, nonliving substance found in nature.
What is a mineral?
400
This habitat is a forest that is wet year round. It is humid and has lots of tropical plants and animals.
What is a tropical rainforest?
400
The sudden movement of the rocks that make up Earth's crust.
What is an earthquake?
400
It often has steep sides and a pointed top. It is the tallest landform on Earth.
What is a mountain.
500
A mass of ice that moves slowly across the land.
What is a glacier?
500
Shows the hardness of a few common minerals. It is rated on a scale from 1- being the softest mineral to 10 - being the hardest mineral.
What is Moh's hardness scale?
500
These are cold habitats above the Arctic Circle. You may find seals and polar bears living in these habitats.
What are polar lands?
500
Deposition, Weathering and Erosion are examples of these.
What are slow changes to the Earth.
500
Land surrounded by water on three sides. Ex. Charleston
What is a peninsula?
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