Weathering
Movement of Rocks
Kinds of Rocks
More Rocks
Vocab
100
Rocks make up Earth's land features called...
What is landforms
100
What is the process whereby weathered rocks are picked up and moved away?
What is erosion
100
All rocks are made up of natural substances called _______.
What is minerals
100
True or False: Each kind of rock is always made up of the same kinds of minerals.
What is true
100
Pieces of weathered rock are called...
What is sediment
200
Define weathering
The breaking down of rocks on Earth's surface into smaller pieces
200
When wind and moving water slow down or stop, they drop the sediment they carry. This process that drops, or deposits, eroded sediment is called ....
What is deposition
200
True or false, a mineral is a solid, living material found in Earth
What is false, NONLIVING
200
Electric wires are made from what mineral?
What is copper
200
What does "composition" mean?
What something is made up of
300
What is the process called when small rocks carried by wind or moving water scrape and wear away the surfaces of rocks?
What is abrasion
300
Without ________, soil is easily eroded away by wind.
What are roots
300
Name the four properties of minerals
What is color, hardness, texture, and luster (shiny/dull)
300
Rocks are different because the ________ in them are different.
What is minerals
400
What two things that cause weathering
What is wind and water
400
What US landmark was formed by weathering and erosion working together for a period of over 2 million years?
What is the Grand Canyon
400
How many minerals make up a rock?
A rock can be made up of one mineral or many of them.
400
The property of minerals, ________, refers to how easily a rock can break apart
What is hardness
500
Repeated freezing and thawing of water in rocks does what?
What is cracks and splits rocks apart
500
Besides wind and water what causes erosion?
What is gravity
500
Name two of the three different types of rocks.
What is igneous and sedimentary
500
Halite is another name for ...
What is table salt
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