Earth's Changing Crust
Landforms
Minerals of the Earth's Crust
Earth's Rocks and Soil
Anything Goes
100
A crack in the crust whose sides show evidence of motion.
What is a fault
100
Pieces of material carried by moving water
What is sediment
100
A solid material of Earth's crust with a definite composition.
What is a mineral
100
A naturally formed solid in the crust made up of one or more minerals
What is rock
100
Magma that reaches Earth's surface.
What is lava.
200
Hot, molten rock deep below the Earth's surface
What is magma
200
Bends or S-shapes along rivers
What are meanders
200
The way light bounces off a mineral's surface.
What is luster
200
A rock formed when melted rock material cools and hardens.
What is igneous rock
200
A chunk of rock from space that strikes the surface of Earth or the moon.
What is a meteorite.
300
Breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
What is Weathering
300
The hard outer layer of Earth about 100 kilometers thing
What is the lithosphere
300
How well a mineral resists scratching
What is hardness
300
A rock made of bits of matter joined together.
What is sedimentary rock.
300
A mineral containing a useful substance.
What is ore.
400
The picking up and carrying away pieces of rocks
What is Erosion
400
Earth's water, whether found in continents and oceans.
What is the hydrosphere
400
The color of the powder left when a mineral is rubbed against a hard, rough surface.
What is streak
400
A rock formed under heat and pressure from another kind of rock.
What is metaphoric rock.
400
A mineral valued for being rare and beautiful.
What is a gem.
500
The dropping off of bits of eroded rock.
What is Deposition
500
Blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere
500
The tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces
What is cleavage
500
Decayed plant or animal material in soil.
What is humus.
500
Rocks changing from one form to another in a never-ending series of processes.
What is the rock cycle.
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