LANDFORMS
Mountains, Valleys, and Beaches
Minerals
Rocks
Layers of the Earth
100
What is uplift?
What is any process that moves the surface of Earth to a higher elevation?
100
What is Mount Shasta?
What is a mountain that looks like a distinct circle on a map?
100
What is Naturally Occurring, Generally Inorganic, Solid, Crystal Structure, and Definite Composition?
What is a mineral?
100
What are rock fragments?
What is a broken bit of a mineral?
100
What are seismic waves?
What are earthquakes mostly produced of?
200
What is erosion?
What is the wearing away of soil and rock ?
200
What are beaches?
What are temporary features that must have sediment added constantly to exist
200
What are ores?
What are valuable minerals?
200
What are Igneous Rocks?
What is formed from molten, or liquid rock material?
200
What is the mantle?
What is the thick middle layer below the crust called?
300
What are glaciers?
What is the U-Shaped surface of the valley in California's Yosemite Nation Park carved from?
300
What are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?
What 2 things are sometimes caused by uplift?
300
What are gemstones?
What are diamonds, rubies,saphires, and emeralds?
300
What is a parent rock?
What is a new grain that may have a different texture and might even have a different mineral composition?
400
What is Lassen Peak?
What is a active volcano in the Cascade Mountain Ranges?
400
What are Mountain Belts?
What are the ranges that are long and narrow?
400
What is steel?
What is used to manufacture cars, bridges,skyscrapers,and many other things you use everyday ?
400
What is foliation?
What is the parallel layer of dark and light mineral grains?
400
What is the solid state?
What are the pressures deep within Earth that is so great that they squeeze rock material?
500
What are Rock Fragments?
What is distributed by the water to build other landforms like beaches?
500
What is erosion by water, wind, ice, and gravity
What causes mountain peaks to rise forward?
500
What is quartz?
What is able produce an electric current when pressure is applied?
500
What is mineral composition?
What is another difference of the Igneous Rock other than texture?
500
What is the outer core?
What layer can go up to 1,290 km?
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