Vocab Rocks and Minerals
Vocab Earth's Surface
Weathering
Miscellaneous
More Vocab Earth's Surface
100
Natural, nonliving solid crystals that make up rocks
What are minerals
100
Earth's natural features
What is a landform
100
two types of weathering
What is physical and chemical
100
True or False: We have active volcanoes in the United States.
What is True
100
this forms at a weak spot in the Earth's crust where magma is forced upward and reaches the surface
What is a volcano
200
the way a mineral's surface reflects light
What is luster
200
a process where Earth's surface is slowly being broken into smaller pieces
What is weathering
200
list 3 causes of weathering
What is water, ice, temperature changes, wind, chemicals, and living things. (Any of these is acceptable)
200
What causes magma beneath a volcano to rise to the surface?
What is gases in the magma are very hot, build pressure that forces the magma upward.
200
sudden movement that causes Earth's crust to shake
What is earthquake
300
eroded material that settles on land or on the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and oceans
What is sediment
300
process where water, ice, gravity and wind work together to move weathered pieces of rock.
What is erosion
300
This type of weathering only affects the size of the rock
What is physical
300
List 3 things that cause BOTH erosion and deposition
What is 1. moving water, glaciers and wind
300
a break or crack in rocks where Earth's crust can move
What is a fault
400
rock formed from molten rock (magma)
What is igneous rock
400
the laying down of pieces of rock
What is depositiion
400
this changes the material that makes up the rock and soil
What is chemical weathering
400
True or False: Weathering is caused only by living things.
What is False: weathering can be cause by nonliving things too. ice, water, wind, etc.
400
point on Earth's surface directly above where plates start to move
What is epicenter
500
rocks that have changed as a result of heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock
500
rapid downhill movement of a large amount of rock and soil
What is landslide
500
True or false: The actions of people, animal and plants can cause weathering.
What is true
500
Name one current event we discussed related to movement in the Earth's crust.
What is landslide(mudslide) in Washington State earthquake, Los Angeles, CA and Chile, South America
500
volcanoes may be active, dead or dormant
What is false (active, dormant, or extinct)
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