Earth Science-1st Semester

A rock is..............

Minerals are...............................................?

The variable in an experiment that changes.

What is the basic unit of matter?

What are resources that are used up faster than they can be replaced?

Electricity that is produced by running water is called?

What state of matter occurs when the matter flows and takes the shape of the container?

Another test to identify minerals is?

What landform is formed by forces pushing up Earth's crust?

Which step is NOT part of the scientific method?

Minerals that are more rare and beautiful are called?

When livestock eat all the vegetation in a field, it is called?

What landform is called a lowland because it is lower in elevation than the land around it?

What state of matter occurs when a substance completely fills a container?

Intrusive igneous rocks form when?

What state of matter occurs when atoms are strongly attracted and do not change position?

Mechanical weathering is more rapid in what type of climate?

A prediction that can be tested.

Examples of fossil fuels include?

Why are nonrenewable resources still used when there are other renewable options available?

The rock cycle includes all but which process?

Foliated rocks have what feature because of heat and pressure that is applied?

What type of energy is produced from atomic reactions?

Chemical weathering is more rapid in what type of climate?

What is the transition line for calendar days?

What practices help slow soil erosion?

The different layers of soil make up a _________?

The climate of an area is the weather pattern over many years.

Metamorphic rock forms by all except?

What imaginary line represents 0^o longitude?

What is the difference between mechanical and chemical weathering?

What type of energy is created form burning garbage, alcohol and wood?

Weathering occurs mainly in what horizon?

What landform is a flat, raised area of land made up of nearly horizontal rocks?

Which layer of soil contains the most humus of all the layers?

What imaginary line represents 0⁰ latitude?

What are the characteristics of all minerals?

What is a way that minerals are not identified by?

Lines that run parallel, either north or south to the equator are called?

A hypothesis is a prediction that can be tested in an experiment.

What lines measures distances east or west of the International Date Line?

Metamorphic rocks are described as.........

Sedimentary rocks form...............

What is the fossil fuel in the world in the greatest amount?

What is the process called when minerals from above horizons dissolve in water and are carried down to other horizons?

The organic material in humus includes______?

What is the landform that is described as largely flat with few trees?

Which of the following are direct causes of mechanical weathering?

Energy that is created from the hot magma or hot, dry rock inside the Earth?

What line on a map connects points of equal elevation?

Which source of energy is used most in the United States?

What is the chemical process that removes impurities from metal?

Rocks are destroyed during the rock cycle.

Soil is made up of decayed organic matter and __________?