process of weathered rock being moved to another place
100
What is a mineral?
nonliving solid found in nature with a crystal structure
100
How does metamorphic rock form?
Heat and pressure changes rock in the Earth
200
What causes seasons on the Earth?
The Earth's tilt and different amounts of sunlight in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
200
Who used a telescope to discover 4 moons around Jupiter?
Galileo
200
What is the word to describe eroded rocks being dropped by wind or moving water?
deposition
200
What is it called when a mineral breaks along smooth lines?
cleavage
200
What type of rock usually has fossils in it?
sedimentary rock
300
What is the name of the moon phase that comes after a new moon and before a full moon when we can see half of moon's lit surface?
1st Quarter Moon
300
What is the name for a space vehicle controlled from the Earth?
space probe
300
What forms sand dunes?
wind
300
What is the name of the scale that measures mineral hardness?
Moh's Scale
300
What type of rock would we find by a volcano?
igneous rock
400
What is the name for a group of stars that seem to form a pattern?
Constellation
400
Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
400
Name four things that can weather rock.
gravity, wind, water, ice, living things, chemicals
400
What is the name of the crystal shape that looks like a cube?
square prism
400
For sedimentary rock to become metamorphic rock in the rock cycle, what must happen?
there must be heat and/or pressure
500
What is the name for the large flat plains on the surface of the Moon?
Maria
500
What is the name of the place where shuttles were launched in Florida?
Kennedy Space Center
500
What is the word for tiny bits of rock, sand, and silt?
sediment
500
On Moh's Scale, talc has a hardness of 1, gypsum has a hardness of 2, and calcite has a hardness of 3.
Your fingernail has a hardness of 2.5. What can scratch your fingernail?
calcite only
500
What would you observe about an igneous rock that cooled slowly inside the earth?