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The Water Cycle
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True or False: The water on earth today is the same water that's been on earth since the beginning of time.
True
100

Cooling magma and lava form:

Igneous Rock

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What is a tsunami?
A giant wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano
100
What happens to rocks when they are weathered?
Break into smaller pieces
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What are scientists who study the liquid and solid materials that make up earth called?
Geologists
100

What is the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical processes?

Weathering

100

What type of blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?

Arteries

200
Water forming on a mirror is an example of which stage of the water cycle?
Condensation
200

What type of Igneous rock forms inside of Earth?

Intrusive

200
How can an earthquake change the earth's surface?
Cracks in the crust, broken buildings and roads, etc.
200
What does erosion do to rocks?
Move them from place to place
200
If you have a mineral with a hardness of 8 on the Mohs Hardness Scale and another with a hardness of 7, what will happen if you scratch them against each other?
The mineral with a hardness of 8 will scratch the other mineral
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What is the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another?

Erosion

200

When is Mr. Lagge's baby due?

May

300
Rain, sleet, snow and hail are all forms of what stage of the water cycle?
Precipitation
300
What type of rock is known for its layers?
Sedimentary rock
300
What is one way tornadoes are different than hurricanes?
Size (hurricanes are bigger) Location (hurricanes occur near the ocean; tornadoes occur where there's flat land)
300
What does deposition do with the broken pieces of rock?
Drop them off somewhere new
300
What is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
300

What occurs when the eroded materials are dropped, or laid down, somewhere new?

Deposition

300

What animal has the most teeth?

Snail

400
This stage of the water cycle occurs when water warms up and rises into the sky
Evaporation
400

When large increases in temperature, pressure, or both cause the texture and mineral content of an existing rock to change, a _____________ rock forms?

Metamorphic

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What is one of the causes of landslides?
Rainfall or gravity
400
If pebbles are put in a jar of water and shook for a long time there will be grains of sand on the bottom. Why?
Water weathers rock, breaking it into tiny pieces over time
400
True or false: A glacier can push a car the size of a rock far distances.
True
400

The series of processes in which rocks change from one type to another is called?

The Rock Cycle

400

Where did Mr. Lagge go for his honeymoon?

Portugal

500
What stage of the water cycle is water in when it is stored in lakes, rivers, puddles, and oceans?
Collection
500

What are hollow rock formations that are rather dull on the outside but often lined with sparkling crystals on the inside?

Geodes

500
How does planting lots of trees and plants prevent landslides?
The plants absorb heavy rainfall that wears down the land
500
What is sediment?
The tiny pieces of rock broken off by rain, wind, ice, etc.
500

What is the deepest point on Earth called?

Challenger Deep 

500

What  is a naturally occurring and usually inorganic solid?

Mineral

500

What is the force that causes objects to sink in water?

Buoyancy