This is the outermost and thinnest layer of the earth.
Crust.
100
The two main types of resources are what?
Renewable and nonrenewable resources.
200
This type of rock is made up of sediments, or tiny pieces or rock, sand, and grains.
Sedimentary Rock
200
The process by which rocks are broken down into tiny pieces and then later carried away by wind and/or water.
Weathering and Erosion
200
This property is tested by scratching a mineral on a white tile to see the color left behind.
Streak.
200
This layer is composed on solid, dense iron and nickel.
Inner core.
200
A resource that can be replaced by nature in a short period of time is which type or resource?
Renewable resource.
300
This type of rock is found deep inside the earth's mantle where there is heat and pressure.
Metamorphic Rock
300
This rock is found near volcanoes because it forms after magma cools off and hardens.
Igneous rock.
300
A Moh's Scale from 1-10 is used to categorize this property of a mineral, with diamond being rated a 10.
Hardness.
300
Tectonic plates are part of which layer of the physical layers model (LAMOIC)? Which layer do tectonic plates move on top of? (2 parts)
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere.
300
What are the three main fossil fuels?
Natural gas, oil, coal.
400
This type of rock is found at the earth's surface once magma cools off and hardens.
Igneous Rock
400
Deep inside the earth's mantle there is a lot of heat. This heat causes which rock to form once it's pushed down? Eventually the heat will then be too much and it will melt to become ? (2 parts)
Metamorphic Rock, magma
400
Minerals are non-living, natural, and make up rocks. TRUE or FALSE.
TRUE.
400
The mantle can be broken down further into upper mantle, middle mantle, and lower mantle based on earth's five physical layers. Those three layers of the mantle are called what?
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesophere.
400
The energy that is received by the Earth from the sun in the form of radiation is?
Solar energy
500
This rock is formed after particles get compacted together after being carried away.
Sedimentary rock.
500
Explain the entire rock cycle starting with weathering and erosion.
Weathering and erosion--> sedimentary rock--> heat and pressure--> metamorphic rock--> melting--> magma--> cooling--> igneous rock--> weathering and erosion
500
The way the mineral reflects light determines this property.
Luster.
500
Name each of the earth's layers and the elements found in each of them.
Crust- oxygen, silicon, aluminum
Mantle- magnesium
Outer core- liquid iron and nickel
Inner core- solid iron and nickel
500
Give one way to help the environment with conservation of resources.
Recycling plastic bottles, unplugging unused appliances, install solar-water heaters, using wind energy, saving paper