Vocab #1
Minerals are _____________________.
Nonliving solids found in nature.
Weathering is when ____________________________.
Weather breaks up rocks into smaller pieces.
What is Erosion?
When processes like water or wind carry worn-away rocks to another place.
Geology is the study of ________________________.
Earth's materials and their history.
The Mohs scale measures _______________________.
How hard a mineral is.
What is a crystal habit?
The shape of its crystals.
Igneous rock is formed by ___________________________.
The cooling of magma.
A crystal is __________________________.
A repeating pattern of a mineral.
What is a paleontologist?
A scientist who studies forms of life that existed in the past.
Metamorphic rock is formed by ___________________________.
Extreme heat and pressure.
A fossil is ________________________.
Remains of a once living thing preserved in rock.
What are the three layers of Earth?
The crust, the mantle, the core.
Sedimentary rock is formed by ________________________.
Sediments being layered and pressed together.
Fossils are found inside of ______________________.
Sedimentary rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
A process where, over time, rocks can change from one form to another.