Magma that flows out onto the Earth's surface is called.
What is lava?
100
Any action that breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Erosion by wind is likely to occur in
What are dry or desert places?
200
A layer of loose material that covers most of the Earth's land.
What is soil?
200
Rocks that form when melted rock cools and hardens.
What are igneous rocks?
200
A solid feature formed on Earth's crust.
What is landform?
200
The movement of weathered material.
What is erosion?
200
Some mineral can be found in different colors example, pink, purple, yellow, white, brown.
What is quartz?
300
Worms, spiders, and insects make their homes
What is topsoil?
300
Rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure.
What are metamorphic rocks?
300
A landform that has been formed by blocks of rocks being pushed up along cracks in the Earth's surface.
What is a mountain?
300
Erosion causes new lands to form.
What is an island?
300
Both sedimentary and igneous Rocks can be changed into this.
What is metamorphic rock?
400
This soil that best support plant life because it holds more water, and contains materials the plant need
What is loam soil?
400
A natural material that forms from non-living matter.
What is a mineral?
400
Features of the Earth's surface, that can change the Earth's surface by acting as saws, cutting through rocks.
What are bodies of water?
400
Gravity, living things, wind, and water are all possible causes of:
What is erosion?
400
This layer of soil is lighter in color because it does not have as much humus. It also includes pieces of broken rocks and stores water from precipitation.
What is subsoil?
500
A type of soil that holds water so well that plants growing in it may drown if roots cannot get the air they need.
What is clay soil?
500
Luster, color, cleavage, hardness, and streak are ways used to identify
What are minerals?
500
Some landforms begin in the layer below the Earth's surface called the mantle. Melted rock forms and collects in a pocket which pushes through weak spots in the Earth's crust.
What are volcanoes?
500
The placing of pieces of Earth's surface in a new place is called:
What is deposition?
500
When this happens, it causes new cracks in the Earth's surface and may cause landslides.