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Question 0

The layer of Earth under the crust

Answer 0

Mantle

Question 1

Melted rock inside Earth

Answer 1

Magma

Question 2

Outer layer of Earth

Answer 2

Crust

Question 3

Melted rock from a volcano

Answer 3

Lava

Question 4

A large piece of Earth’s surface

Answer 4

Plate

Question 5

Plates pushing toward each other creating mountains and volcanoes

Answer 5

Convergent plates

Question 6

Plates pulling apart from each other crating new crust

Answer 6

Divergent plates

Question 7

Plates sliding past each other causing earth quakes

Answer 7

Transform plates

Question 8

The movement of materials away from one place by wind, water, or ice

Answer 8

Erosion

Question 9

The breaking down of rocks into pieces

Answer 9

Weathering

Question 10

Process of breaking down rocks by a chemical such as acid

Answer 10

Chemical weathering

Question 11

Breaking down rocks by natural forces such as wind and water

Answer 11

Physical weathering

Question 12

Breaking down rocks by living forces (plants/humans)

Answer 12

Biological weathering

Question 13

When particles carried by erosion are dropped in another location

Answer 13

Deposition

Question 14

Made up of rocks,minerals,and dead plant/animals remain

Answer 14

Soil

Question 15

A scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance

Answer 15

Moh’s scale

Question 16

Things from the environment that are useful to people such as trees, animals, oxygen, the sun, and the wind

Answer 16

Natural resources

Question 17

These cannot be replaced once they are gone

Answer 17

Non renewable resources

Question 18

Formed when dead plants and animals undergo heat and pressure over millions of years

Answer 18

Fossil fuels

Question 19

These can be replaced in a short period of time such as trees, animals, oxygen, and water

Answer 19

Renewable resources

Question 20

These never run out in supply such as waves, wind, and solar energy

Answer 20

Alternative energy

Question 21

Rock made pieces of other rock, minerals or remains of living creatures or plants that are compacted by weight

Answer 21

Sedimentary rock

Question 22

Rock that is formed when a different rock is exposed to high temperatures and pressure

Answer 22

Metaphoric rock

Question 23

Rocks that form when lava cools

Answer 23

Igneous rock

Question 24

A solid material, formed in nature; nature, non living crystals that make up rocks

Answer 24

Minerals

Question 25

The mineral's ability to resist being scratched

Answer 25

Hardness

Question 26

Color of the powder that a mineral leaves when scratched on a special plate

Answer 26

Streak

Question 27

The way the surface of a mineral reflects light

Answer 27

Luster

Question 28

The changes rocks go through as they change back and forth from igneous to sedimentary to metamorphic rock

Answer 28

Rock cycle