Scientist who study rocks to learn about their histories.
Who is a geologist?
100
_______ are solid earth materials made of two or more minerals.
What is a rock?
100
The pattern of the change in rocks is known as
What is the rock cycle?
100
Rivers can carry many sizes of rock. The rocks bang together and rub on the riverbed. The rocks break into smaller and smaller pieces. These pieces are....(name four).
What is pebbles, gravel, sand, and silt?
100
A ________ is a nearly level area that has been uplifted.
What is a plateau?
200
A natural form of a mineral. Its shape can help to identify a mineral.
What is a crystal?
200
Made from pieces of rocks and minerals. Forms layers, with the oldest rock at the bottom.
What is sedimentary rocks?
200
The first step in the formation of sedimentary rocks.
What is weathering?
200
Describe erosion.
What is the movement of sand from the mountains to the beach? What is the taking away of weathered rocks?
200
Describe and sketch a picture of a meandering river.
What is a curve or loop in a river.
300
A feature of the land, such as a mountain, canyon, or beach.
What is a landform?
300
Forms when magma-the molten rock inside the Earth- cools and hardens.
What is igneous rocks?
300
The process necessary for sedimentary rocks to change into metamorphic rocks.
What is heat and pressure?
300
Explain deposition.
What is the settlement of sand and rocks at the bottom of the ocean?
300
Describe and sketch a picture of a delta.
What is a fan-shaped deposit of earth materials at the mouth of a stream?
400
The process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging.
What is physical weathering?
400
Forms when heat, pressure, or chemical reactions change one type of rock into another type of rock.
What is metamorphic rocks?
400
The process necessary for metamorphic rocks to change into igneous rocks.
What is melting?
400
Sand is deposited near the ________ of the river.
What is mouth of the river?
400
Name three slow change and three fast change to the earth's landforms.
Slow change - What is erosion, deposition, and glaciers? (various answers)
Fast Change - What is volcano, flood, and earthquake?
500
The movement of earth materials down a slope.
What is a landslide?
500
The type of rock that contains fossils.
What is sedimentary rocks?
500
Name an intrusive igneous rock.
What is granite?
500
Silt and clay are deposited _________ of the river.
What is further out
500
Describe landslide and what effect does it have on landforms?
What is the occurrence of rocks and soil sliding downhill? What is killing people and damaging properties.