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What is a natural, non-living solid crystal that makes up rocks called?
What is a natural, non-living solid crystal that makes up rocks called?
mineral
What is a part of a mineral formed by a repeating 3-dimensional pattern called?
What is a part of a mineral formed by a repeating 3-dimensional pattern called?
crystals
What do you call the color of the powder that a mineral leaves when it is scratched across a special plate, which can be a different color than the mineral itself?
What do you call the color of the powder that a mineral leaves when it is scratched across a special plate, which can be a different color than the mineral itself?
streak
What is water from precipitation that soaks into the ground called?
What is water from precipitation that soaks into the ground called?
groundwater
What is the laying down of pieces of rock called?
What is the laying down of pieces of rock called?
deposition
Minerals with larger crystals have cooled how?
Minerals with larger crystals have cooled how?
very slowly
Minerals with smaller crystals have cooled how?
Minerals with smaller crystals have cooled how?
very quickly
These are rocks that have changed as a result of heat and pressure.
These are rocks that have changed as a result of heat and pressure.
metamorphic rocks
These are rocks that form when layers of sediment settle on top of one another and harden. They are made of small grains, soil, shells, bits of rock, and dead plant/animal matter.
These are rocks that form when layers of sediment settle on top of one another and harden. They are made of small grains, soil, shells, bits of rock, and dead plant/animal matter.
sedimentary rocks
These are rocks that form from the molten rock of volcanoes.
These are rocks that form from the molten rock of volcanoes.
igneous rocks
What is it called when energy from the sun heats liquid water on Earth's surface and changes it into water vapor?
What is it called when energy from the sun heats liquid water on Earth's surface and changes it into water vapor?
evaporation
What is it called when water vapor cools and changes into droplets of liquid water, then gather with ice crystals in the air forming clouds?
What is it called when water vapor cools and changes into droplets of liquid water, then gather with ice crystals in the air forming clouds?
condensation
What is rain, hail, snow, and sleet known as?
What is rain, hail, snow, and sleet known as?
precipitation
What is water that falls on land and either runs off and collects in bodies of water or soaks into the ground called?
What is water that falls on land and either runs off and collects in bodies of water or soaks into the ground called?
storage
What is the correct sequence of the water cycle?
What is the correct sequence of the water cycle?
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, storage
Name some slow changes that occur on Earth's surface.
Name some slow changes that occur on Earth's surface.
weathering, erosion, deposition, moving water
What is eroison?
What is eroison?
A process of carrying away weathered bits of rock
Sand dunes and river deltas can be formed from deposition. Specifically how are sand dunes and river deltas formed?
Sand dunes and river deltas can be formed from deposition. Specifically how are sand dunes and river deltas formed?
sand dunes = wind river deltas = water
Name some rapid changes that occur on Earth's surface?
Name some rapid changes that occur on Earth's surface?
earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides
What is it called when a break or crack in rocks cause the Earth's crust to move suddenly?
What is it called when a break or crack in rocks cause the Earth's crust to move suddenly?
earthquakes
What is the source of energy that causes most of the water cycle, and what would happen if the source would stop?
What is the source of energy that causes most of the water cycle, and what would happen if the source would stop?
Sunlight is the source, and if it stops shining, then the water cycle would stop.
What is the process of rocks in Earth's crust slowing being broken into smaller pieces called?
What is the process of rocks in Earth's crust slowing being broken into smaller pieces called?
weathering
When water freezes and rocks split apart, what is this known as?
When water freezes and rocks split apart, what is this known as?
physical weathering
Where do earthquakes occur?
Where do earthquakes occur?
along a fault line
What is the way the surface of a mineral reflects light called?
What is the way the surface of a mineral reflects light called?
luster
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