Minerals
Rocks
Vocabulary
The Water Cycle
Earth Changes
100
The way the surface of a mineral reflects light.
What is luster
100
Rocks that form from molten rock
What are igneous rocks?
100
A natural land feature on Earth's surface
What is a landform?
100
The fraction of the Earth that is water.
What is 3/4
100
By erosion, weathering, and deposition.
How does the Earth slowly change?
200
How easily the surface of a mineral can be scratched.
What is hardness?
200
Rocks that form when layers of sediments settle on top of one another and harden.
What are sedimentary rocks?
200
The process of rocks slowly breaking down into smaller parts
What is weathering
200
The percent of water on Earth that is fresh?
What is 3%
200
What causes earthquakes?
a shift or clashing of tectonic plates.
300
The color of the powder that a mineral leaves when it is scratched across a special plate.
What is streak?
300
Rocks that have changed as a result of heat and pressure.
What are metamorphic rocks?
300
The process of carrying away weathered bits of rock
What is erosion?
300
Any water that is underground
What is groundwater?
300
What are some reasons why the Earth may change rapidly?
Volcanic eruption, Flood, Tsunami, and Earth Quake
400
Minerals that break along smooth, flat surfaces have this.
What is cleavage?
400
The recycling of old rock into new rock is an ongoing process called
What is the rock cycle?
400
A break or crack in rocks where Earth's crust can move suddenly?
What is a fault?
400
Any form of water that falls to Earth.
What is precipitation?
400
This was a city from long time ago that got buried under the lava and volcanic ash after Mount Vesuvius exploded.
What is Pompeii?
500
The mineral's name for fool's gold.
What is pyrite?
500
Name two ways sediment moves from one place to another
What is water, wind, ice, gravity
500
A period of unusually low rain or snowfall?
What is a drought?
500
The movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again
What is the water cycle?
500
This country is known for their earthquakes, floods and, tsunamis. It is located in East Asia.
What is Japan?
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