Unit 2 Minerals & Rocks
The way that minerals break
What is cleavage?
The date of the Vernal Equinox
What is March 21-23?
The instrument used to measure Atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer?
Earth’s hydrosphere is mostly made of
What is Hydrogen?
When an igneous rock is formed above or below the Earth
What is intrusive & extrusive?
The amount of hours of daylight in the summer in New York
What is 15 hours?
An air temperature of 30 degrees Celsius is equal to
What is 86 degrees Fahrenheit
The degrees that Earth’s axis is tilt
What is 23.5 degrees?
A felsic, intrusive rock igneous rock with a 11mm crystal size
What is Pegmatite?
When the sun rose in the NE, it sets in the
What is the NW?
Clouds from when
What is warms moist air rises, expands, & cools?
At the equator the altitude of Polaris is
What is Zero Degrees?
A sedimentary rock with a grain size of .2cm and a coarse texture
What is Sandstone?
The two theories that red shift & cosmic microwave background radiation support
What is the Big Bang & the universe expanding?
The air mass of Mexico
What is continental tropical?
The time at the Prime Meridian is 3:00 p.m., so the time at a location 75 degrees west is
What is 10:00 a.m.?
A metamorphic rock with coarse grain & pyroxene
What is Gneiss?
The name of the moon that is more light on the left than dark on the right
What is Waning Gibbous?
Type of front located between the advancing cold, dry air mass and the warm, moist air mass
What is a cold front?
Finish the sentence: the closer the contour lines
What is the steeper the slope?