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A scale from 1–10 used to measure how hard a mineral is.
What is Moh's Scale of Hardness?
crack in Earth’s crust where movement occurs.
What is a fault?
rocks cool quickly on Earth’s surface.
What is extrusive?
The study of space, stars, planets, and the universe
What is astronomy?
Groups of stars that form patterns in the sky.
The force that pulls objects toward each other.
What is gravity?
What something is made of.
What is composition?
Scientist who explained gravity and laws of motion
Who is Isaac Newton?
A plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
What is a transform boundary?
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a specific chemical makeup and crystal structure.
What is a mineral?
A fossil showing evidence of an organism’s activity, like footprints or burrows.
What is a trace fossil?
A space object made of ice, dust, and rock that forms a glowing tail near the Sun.
What is a comet?
igneous rocks cool slowly underground
What is intrusive?
Unique characteristics used to identify minerals, such as magnetism, fluorescence, taste, or reaction to acid.
What are special properties of minerals?
Scientist who improved the telescope and supported the idea that planets orbit the Sun
Who is Galileo Galilei?
The planet 2nd closest to the Sun
What is Venus?
slow natural processes shape Earth over time
What is uniformitarianism?
is the streak of light when it enters Earth’s atmosphere
What is a meteor?
Astronomer who proposed that the Sun is the center of the solar system
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
sudden events cause major changes.
What is catastrophism?
Determining the age of rocks or fossils by comparing them to others.
What is relative dating?
Finding the exact age of rocks or fossils using radioactive elements.
The process where new ocean crust forms at mid-ocean ridges.
What is sea floor spreading?
Layers of rock or soil.
What is strata?
Restoring land after mining or other environmental damage.
What is reclamation?