The 3 types of rocks are metamorphic, igneous, and ________.
What is sedimentary?
100
One way soil is important to the environment
What is to plans, the atmosphere, water?
(Answers can vary)
100
The water cycle is the continuous process of how water moves around _________.
What is Earth?
100
Earth is the ____ planet from the sun.
What is the 3rd?
200
Luster, hardness, streak, cleavage, and color are all examples of ________.
What are properties of minerals?
200
This type of rock is formed by volcanoes, when magma cools
What is igneous?
200
Living organisms, topography, climate, and parent material are all important factors in this process.
What is soil formation?
200
In this stage of the water cycle, water turns to a gas state in the form of vapor and rises into the atmosphere
What is evaporation?
200
Earth rotates on its' axis approximately once every _______.
What is 24 hours?
300
The mineral property that describes how a mineral breaks into pieces
What is cleavage?
300
The location of most metamorphic rocks, which are formed by heat and pressure
What is Earth's crust?
300
The property of soil that measures whether the soil is more like sand, slit, or clay. This can also determine how much water soil can hold.
What is texture?
300
Once water vapor rises and through condensation turns into clouds, the clouds drop water back to Earth during precipitation. Precipitation can fall to Earth in the form of _____, _____, _____, or _____.
What is rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
300
The Earth travels around the sun, completing an orbit, once every ____ days.
What is 365 days?
400
The mineral property that describes how easy it is to scratch the surface of a mineral is hardness. This is the hardest mineral.
What is diamond?
400
The process in which rocks are broken down into fragments is known as _________. It can be caused by plant and animal life, the atmosphere, and water.
What is weathering?
400
Wind and water can carry surface soil away through a process called ______.
What is erosion?
400
During condensation, water vapor in the air becomes cold and changes back into a _______ state.
What is liquid?
400
As Earth orbits the sun, the amount of sunlight each place changes. This and the fact that Earth's axis is tilted causes ________.
What are seasons?
500
Two materials that can be used to test a mineral's hardness
What is a copper coin, iron nail, sandpaper
(Other answers may be okay)
500
This type of rock forms layers at the bottom of lakes and oceans.
What is sedimentary?
500
Plants and animals, such as earthworms, provide important _________ for soil.
What are nutrients?
500
One of the names for water in lakes, oceans, and rivers.
What is storage or collection?
500
If a student observed a full moon on March 1st, approximately 1 month later, that student would observe this phase of the moon.