Rock On
rocks from fire
What are igneous rocks?
a pattern of weather recorded over time
What is climate?
nickname of the group of outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What are the gas giants?
Earth does this on its axis once every 24 hours
What is rotate?
the names of the inner terrestrial planets
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
a nonliving, solid form of matter made up of one or more minerals
What is a rock?
four types of precipitation
What are rain, sleet, hail, and snow?
the galaxy in which we live
What is the Milky Way?
natural force that pulls objects down toward the center of the planet
What is gravity?
frozen balls of ice, gas, and dust that orbit the sun and develop glowing "tails"
What are comets?
rocks formed from other rocks that have been put under extreme heat and pressure
What are metamorphic rocks?
the part of the water cycle when water vapor cools, rises, and forms clouds
What is condensation?
What is a constellation?
it takes Earth a year to do this around the sun
What is revolve?
the preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived long ago, usually found in sedimentary rock layers
What are fossils?
melted rock that is underground
What is magma?
What is evaporation?
small rocky objects that orbit the sun
What are asteroids?
imaginary line through Earth upon which it rotates
What is Earth's axis?
A nonliving, solid form of matter with the same chemical makeup and crystal shape
What is a mineral?
rocks made from dead plant and animal matter and sediment; layers cement together over time
What are sedimentary rocks?
severe storms typical in Florida that produce strong winds and rising tides
What are hurricanes?
millions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
What is a galaxy?
the geological process where the Earth's surface materials, like soil and rock, are worn away and transported by natural forces such as water, wind, or ice
What is erosion?
the process of breaking down rocks and minerals at the Earth's surface into smaller pieces
What is weathering?