Earth Science Term

Sedimentary rocks are important because ____.

is a record of weather data for a particular location and time.

is the convergence of the trade winds from both hemispheres.

The tendency of the mineral to break along a smooth, flat plane is called ____.

Igneous rock that cool slowly beneath Earth's crust are ____.

____ is the tendency of a mineral to break with ruff and jagged edges.

The ____ is the standard by which your results can be compared.

___ is the measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.

The change of state of matter from a gas to a liquid is called

igneous ROCKS ARE FORMED FROM ____________.

The constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface is called ____.

The _____ is the most dense layer of the Earth.

__ is the type of metamorphism to be caused by a intrusions of magma into surrounding rocks.

Naturally occurring inorganic solid with specific chemical composition & crystalline structure?

Most sedimentary rocks are formed by _______.

A mineral that contains a useful substance that can be mined for profit is a(n) ____.

A mineral share the following characteristics EXCEPTS that of ____.

is used to measure the speed of raindrops toward or away from a specific point.

The ozone layer is found is the ____ (Layer) of the atmosphere.

The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's _______.

Igneous rocks that cool quickly on Earth's surface are _______.

is a large body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms.

A mineral that contains silicon and oxygen is called a _______.

The variable that is manipulated by the investigator in an experiment is called a __.

A valuable mineral prized for its rarity beauty is a _______.

Wind can be thought of as air moving from an area of _____ to an area of ___.

Rocks are classified as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphism based on their _____.

The ______ belongs to the exosphere.

Metamorphic rocks with aligned minerals have a ____ texture.

In orographic lifting, clouds form when moist winds

When two air masses meet but neither advances, the boundary between them stalls and a occurs.

__ is the process that reduces the pore in sediments due to the weight of overlying sediments.

Plates of the lithosphere float on the ___.

are types of solid particles that play a role in cloud formation.

Geologists commonly use _____ as a measure of density for accurate identification of a mineral.

Long term variations in weather for a particular area make up the of an area.

_______ is Earth's system that is made up of all the living organisms found on Earth.

__ is the transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves.

A hypothesis is a ______.

A record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time is a(n)

is the layer of the atmosphere that contains most of the water vapor.

causes the Coriolis Effect.

Clastic rocks are classified by ____.

Which term is used to explain how high or low a land form is above or below sea level?

are he wind systems that occur at 30 degrees north and south of the equator.

Conclusions to scientific experiments should be based on _____ and ______.

Variables that do not change in an experiment are the _____.

_____ is the temperature change in the Earth's crust.

_____ is the way a mineral reflects from its surface.

_ is the rock that's the results of increased pressure and temp. affecting parts of the crust.

High pressure is associated with _ and _ systems are associated with clouds and precipitation.

___ is the type of weathering that breaks rocks into pieces of rock without chemical change.

is caused by differences in air pressure.

is the process by which cloud droplets collide and form larger droplets.

The longest mountain ranges on the Earth is located _____.

Extrusive rocks have fine grained textures because _______.

t layer are light gases, such as helium and hydrogen found?

The current state of the atmosphere is called

Igneous rock with two distinct grain sizes have a _____ texture.

___ is the process that explains why molten magma often is a mix of molten rock and crystals.

A layer of warmer air lies over a cool layer of air during a

The exchange of heat or moisture with the surface over which an air mass travels is known as

warm air displaces cold air and it develops a gradual frontal slope.

____ is the source pf heat inside Earth that melts rocks into magma.

Large well shaped crystals tend to form from _____________.

The two types of weathering are ____ and ____.

Molten materials found beneath Earth's crust is called ______.

Narrow bands of fast, high altitude westerly winds are

The different layers formed on Earth are due to the differences in the ______ of the materials.

Pieces of the preexisting rocks are called____.

A forecast that relies on numerical data is called

The variable being measured is the ______.

A _ occurs when a cold air moves fast it takes over a warm front and forces the warm air up.

The formula for density is _______.

is a narrow region that separates two air masses of different densities.

is the transfer of energy that occurs when molecules collide.

Clouds are formed by _______.

____ is the process that changes sediments to sedimentary rocks.

A forecast that involves comparing current weather patterns to past weather patterns is called