Earth's Major Landforms
A plain is a landform made up of or gently rolling land with low relief (True or False)
What is True
Name one of the major rock groups
What is Igneous
True or False: Luster defines how light is reflected from a mineral’s surface
What is true
What do we call a plain that lies along a seacoast; low elevation and low relief.
Coastal Plain
Name another one of the major rock groups.
What is metamorphic
True or False? Each mineral has a characteristic density (d=m/v)
What is true
What is a landform with high elevation and high relief and usually occur as part of a mountain range.
A Mountain
Name the final rock group.
Process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure
What is Crystallization
What is a landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface.
Plateau
Name the first step in forming sedimentary rocks
What is Erosion
What is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
What is a Mineral
This is a plain that lies away form a coast; low relief, elevation can vary.
Coastal Plain
Name the second step for forming sedimentary rocks
Deoposition
What is used to identify a few minerals that have their own characteristic coloring
What do we call the imaginary line between The North and South Poles dividing the Earth into Western and Eastern hemispheres
The Equator