Minerals and Rocks
Fossils
Landforms
Landforms changes
Grab bag
100
Core, mantle, and crust are the three layers of what
What is the Earth?
100
Dinosaur tracks are examples of a
What is imprint fossil?
100
Slow moving ice
What is a glacier
100
One of these do NOT cause weathering; plant roots, soil, water, wind
What is soil
100
Properties used to identify a mineral
What is hardness, streak, and color?
200
Igneous Rock is they type of rock that is formed by
What is volcanoes
200
The remains of living things from long ago are called
What is fosils
200
A flat topped hill with steep sides is called a
What is butte
200
Creep is a very slow type of
What is erosion
200
This is formed when mud or minerals fill a mold
What is a cast
300
The process of rocks changing from one kind of rock to another is called
What is a rock cycle
300
Scientis use these to learn about animals and plants that no longer exist.
What is a fossil
300
Coastal Plains is where you can find
What are beaches
300
Heavy rainfall that makes rivers overflow causes
What is a flood
300
Which of the following is NOT a mineral; a diamond, gold, granite, quartz
What is granite
400
A naturally formed solid made of one or more minerals
What is a rock
400
hard parts of the animal such as shells are buried under layers of
What is sediment
400
A valley with steep sides is called
What is a canyon
400
Sand dunes form by
What is wind
400
Most earthquakes happen at
What are faults
500
The three types of rocks
What is metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous
500
A scientist can infer about a place that has fish fossils that it was once a place that as once a
What is a sea
500
a flat area higher than the land around it
What is a plateau
500
Quick change to the land is caused by; erosion, volcano, weathering, wind
What is volcano
500
Most smooth rocks have undergone more
What is weathering