Earth
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fault
What is a crack in Earth's crust whose sides show evidence of motion?
100
runoff
What is water that runs off Earth's surface?
100
luster
What is the way light bounces off a mineral?
100
erosion
What is the picking up and carrying away of pieces of rocks?
100
hydrosphere
What is the water layer that covers most of the Earth?
200
geologist
What is a scientist who studies rocks to tell how they are formed and to predict when an earthquake may occur.
200
watershed
What are areas of from which water is drained?
200
streak
What is the color of the powder left when a mineral is rubbed against a hard, rough surface?
200
deposition
What is the dropping off of bits of eroded rock?
200
atmosphere
What are the many layers of gases that surround the Earth?
300
magma
What is hot, molten rock deep below the Earth's surface?
300
meander
What is an S-shaped bend in a river?
300
hardness
What is the measure of how well a mineral resists scratching?
300
meteorite
What is a chunk of rock from space that strikes the surface of Earth or the moon?
300
minerals
What are solid materials of Earth's crust?
400
lava
What is magma that reaches Earth's surface?
400
flood plain
What is an area that forms when eroded material from the outer side of a river is deposited on the inner side?
400
cleavage
What is when a mineral breaks along a flat surface?
400
sediment
What are pieces of broken up rock that are carried by water?
400
gem
What are minerals valued for being rare and beautiful?
500
weathering
What is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?
500
lithosphere
What is the hard, outer layer of Earth, mostly made of rocks and soil?
500
elements
What minerals are made up of?
500
delta
What is a fan-shaped deposit of sediment?
500
ore
What is a mineral that contains a useful substance?
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