Earth Science Review

What causes different types of weathering?

Region where 2 parts of Earth’s crust slide against one another.

Polluted air and water react with minerals in rocks, making them crumble is a sign of what?

How are rocks classified?

The breaking down of rocks and minerals is known as ________________ weathering.

Luster is

Plate boundary where plates slide past each other.

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart is known as what?

Earthquakes can result from _________________ in the earth’s crust.

This plate boundary causes Rifts, and Mid Ocean Ridges to form.

When rock is cooled, it ...

Minerals must have organized atoms.

Hydrolysis means

Fracture is when

Minerals must be naturally occuring (not man-made).

What is the effect of ice wedging on roads and highways around Kokomo?

Which layer of the Earth are the plates located?

Tree roots grow into rocks or pavement, breaking them apart is a sign of what?

Low moisture means

This rock type is formed when magma (molten rock deep within the earth) cools and hardens.

Rocks turning a “rust” color after reacting with oxygen and water is a sure sign of what?

Pangaea was a _____________.

How many main rock types are there?

What makes up the lithosphere?

What is the theory of continental drift?

Streak is

What is a result of divergent plate boundaries?

This plate boundary pulls apart from other boundaries

Acid-producing rocks on plants are known as ________________.

Rocks being made smooth by tumbling across a streambed is an example of _________________.

How do you identify an unknown mineral?

Hardness is

What are atoms?

All minerals are made up of __________.

When rock is warmed, it ...

Rock formed from particles of sand, shells & pebbles and is layered and pressed together.

The movement of sediment or soil from one location to another is _______________.

Which of the following is NOT a property of minerals?

High moisture means

Sheets of rock falling off of Half Dome in Yosemite National Parks is a sign of what?

Broken up pieces of rocks and minerals is called ________________.

Which force causes the most erosion?

Formed under the surface of the earth from intense heat and pressure (squeezing).

What is liquid hot plastic-like material in Earth’s mantle?

Cleavage is when

Which of the following is correct?

How are minerals classified?

This plate boundary collides and pushes toward other plates.

Chemical weathering involves the ______________________.

When 2 continental tectonic plates collide, it forms one of these.

A powerful force in the mantle which drives plate tectonics.

The inner core is _______________.