Patterns of Earth's Features
Cracks in Earth's crust
What are faults?
The three types of rocks are__________________, ____________, and_______________________.
What are igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary?
Minerals are sorted into _________________ and _______________.
What are gems and metals?
The process of wearing away or breaking down rock is called_____________________.
What is erosion?
The process in which particles are moved from the land.
What is erosion?
long, narrow, sunken areas in the ocean floor
What are trneches?
Rocks formed from molten rock, or magma
What is igneous?
The softest mineral is__________________.
What is talc?
Two types of weathering are___________________ and ___________________________.
What is physical and chemical?
Which factors cause particles of weathered rock to be removed from land? 4 examples
What is wind, water, vegetation, people?
Mountains are formed______________________.
What is when plates crash into each other?
Rocks formed from particles that settle in layers to form layers
What is sedimentary rocks?
The hardest mineral is____________________.
What is diamond?
Rust on a fence is an example of ___________________ weathering.
What is chemical weathering?
Which takes place first weathering or erosion?
What is weathering?
Volcanoes form at places where magma, or molten rock, reaches Earth's______________________.
What is surface?
Rocks that are changed by heat, pressure or both
What is metamorphic?
All minerals are _____________________ in the Earth.
What is created?
The process in which particles removed by erosion are taken to another place.
What is deposition?
A new island is an example of ___________________.
What is deposition?
Earthquakes and volcanoes are common along a section of Earth called the_________________________.
What is the Ring of Fire?
Rock are made up of 1 or more________________
What is minerals?
The 6 properties of minerals are_________________, _____________________, __________________, _________________, ________________________, and ___________________________.
What are color, hardness, texture, cleavage, streak, and luster?
How is a river formed?
What is weathering breaks down rock. Erosion takes the rock away.
Describe how wind and water act together to cause weathering and erosion.
What is wind blows particles onto the surface of the rock and water washes away.