Rocks & Minerals
The Water Cycle
Weather
Precipitation
BONUS
100
A solid object formed in nature and has never been alive.
What is a mineral.
100
The never ending flow of water is called this.
What is the Water Cycle.
100
How fast and what direction air blows is called?
What is wind.
100
The type of precipitation that happens when the temperature is roughly 60 degrees.
What is rain.
100
Name 3 types of minerals.
What is ______, _______, _______
200
This is a property that can be described as rough, smooth, sharp or slippery.
What is texture.
200
When the clouds become full with moisture, it releases water. This water is called what?
What is precipitation.
200
How hot or cold something is.
What is temperature.
200
The type of precipitation that happens during a severe storm.
What is hail.
200
This is a naturally formed solid made of more than one mineral.
What is rock.
300
Calcite in a mineral found in what liquid we drink.
What is milk.
300
When water is heated up and forms into a gas.
What is evaporation.
300
How much moisture is in the air.
What is air pressure.
300
A mixture of snow and rain is called.
What is sleet.
300
The color of the mineral when you look at it is called.
What is color.
400
The Moh's Scale measures this.
What is hardness.
400
When water vapor turns from a gas back into a liquid. What is this process called?
What is condensation.
400
Name the four components of weather.
What is air pressure, precipitation, wind and temperature.
400
When it precipitates below 32 degrees this is called?
What is snow.
400
Describe the weather during a blizzard. You need to describe all four components of weather.
What is ______________.
500
The color of the powder left behind from a mineral.
What is streak.
500
Earth is made up of what percent of water.
What is about 75%.
500
What makes up weather in a particular time and place?
What is the combination of wind, temperature, air pressure and precipitation.
500
Extreme winds and rain cause what severe weather?
What is a hurricane.
500
Describe the weather during a tornado. You need to describe all four components of weather.
What is __________________.
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