1 Soil
A type of weathering that makes rocks smaller by mechanical means, like abrasion or wind blowing.
What is physical weathering?
The settling of sediments.
What is deposition?
A property of minerals that refers to whether a mineral can be scratched or not.
What is mineral hardness?
A natural resource that is formed only over millions of years, like coal.
What is a nonrenewable natural resource?
A type of rocks that form from dried and cooled lava.
What is an igneous rock?
The smallest type of rock size that is present in soil.
What is clay?
What is erosion?
A scale we use to measure mineral hardness.
What is Mohs' scale?
A natural resource that will always be there, like the sun.
What is a perpetual natural resource?
A rapid change that happens when two sections of Earth's crust slide past each other, causing shaking.
What is an earthquake?
Rocks, air, and water are examples of....
What are earth materials?
Really strong, powerful water currents.
What is a flood?
A table you can use as a reference that lists all the different properties or characteristics of minerals. Geologists use these to identify a mineral they might not know.
What is a property table?
Minerals are a ____________ resource.
What is a non-renewable resource?
When rocks and soil slide quickly downhill.
What is a landslide?
Plants and humans decay into this. This is an important part of soil.
What is humus?
A landform formed by deposition in which the area is made of sand and other sizes of rocks. This is also a popular vacation destination.
What is a beach?
What is luster?
A natural resource that can be used over again and will be refilled to replace the portion that has been used, like wind energy or water.
What is a renewable resource?
A mineral at the hard end of Mohs' scale that can be cut into beautiful shapes.
What is a gem?
This type of rain causes chemical weathering in rocks.
What is acid rain?
A frozen river.
What is a glacier?
Regular, flat surfaces on broken minerals. This is a type of breakage, which is a property of minerals.
What is cleavage?
Electricity produced by water power. A dam raises the water level of the river and a turbine is used to capture the force of falling water. A generator converts the mechanical energy from the turbine into electricity.
What is hydroelectricity?
When we study something in science, we might use a _____ to observe a phenomenon that happens in a large scale. An example of this is a stream-table.
What is a model?