Weathering
This is the process of breaking rocks down into smaller pieces.
What is physical weathering?
This is the study of the earth.
What is geology?
This igneous rock forms with air pockets.
What is pumice?
This property refers to how easily a mineral resists being scratched.
What is hardness?
This is the dropping of sediment.
What is deposition?
This is the process of weathering by ice.
What is frost weathering?
These are 2 examples of organic material found in sedimentary rock.
What are plants and seashells?
This igneous rock forms from lava that has cooled quickly.
What is obsidian?
The hardest known mineral.
What is a diamond?
This is a hill of sand.
What is a dune?
This is the process of expanding ice and the ice working as a wedge.
This sedimentary rock was formed from the shells of sea animals.
What is limestone?
The hard part of the earth's surface.
What do rocks make up?
Four properties that can be used to identify minerals.
What is hardness, shape, color, and streak?
Small ridges are called these.
What are moraines?
This is the process of wearing away rocks by friction.
What is abrasion?
This is anything that is or was part of a living thing.
What is organic?
This forms when the igneous rock granite is changed by heat and pressure.
What is gneiss?
These are 3 main types of rocks.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
The amount of slope affects this.
What is a landslide where pebbles and stones move faster and more easily when the slope is steeper?
This is the kind of weathering when minerals are broken down and the rock matter is changed into a new kind of matter.
What is chemical weathering?
Granite is rough because of this.
Why are magma and different crystals cooled slowly?
This is how sandstone is formed.
What is when sand-sized pieces of rock and minerals are cemented together?
This is how rocks and minerals are related.
What is rocks are made up of one or more minerals?
This type of map models landforms on the earth's surface and this type of map uses colors to show deserts, mountains, and rivers.
What is topographic map and physical map?