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5th Earth, Relief, Spheres

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  • When rocks have been weather, moved, and now stay in a new place...
    erosion
    sedimentation
    weathering
    transportation
  • When a volcano erupts, the molten originates from this layer of the geosphere
    crust
    outer core
    mantle
    inner core
  • ... rocks are formed by the erosion of other rocks
    sedimentary
    erosive
    metamorphic
    igneous
  • When we think about water in the ocean, we are thinking about Earth's
    Geosphere
    Biosphere
    Hydrosphere
    Watersphere
  • This movement causes
    Volcanoes
    Earthquakes
    Oceanic trenches
  • After a rock has been weathered, it may move very far away due to a process called...
    Erosion
    Translocation
    Transportation
    Transition
  • A change in the elevation on Earth is called...
    Relieve
    Relief
    Release
    Elevator
  • ... describes a mineral when it is broken, it divides regularly or irregularly
    colour
    luster
    tenacity
    fracture/exfoliation
  • Name at least 4 properties of minerals
    hardness, shape, brightness, luster, color, tenacity...
  • Rocks formed under high heat and pressure are...
    igneous
    metamorphic
    sedimentary
    pressurized
  • Write down the names of the four spheres on Earth
    Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere!
  • The Geosphere has ... layers
    3
  • A mineral's resistence to scratches on a scale from 1-10, from soft to hard is its.....
    luster
    tenacity
    hardness
    fracture
  • Write one example of internal relief and one example of external relief on Earth
    student answers
  • Minerals and rocks are solid .... substances that form the Geosphere
    hardness
    inorganic
    organic
    composition
  • This layer of Earth's Geosphere makes up the ocean floor and the continents
    crust
    inner core
    outer core
    mantle
  • Cooled magma that solidifies is a type of ... rock
    igneous
    lava
    metamorphic
    sedimentary
  • Granite is made of quartz, mica, and feldspar. Granite is the rock, quartz, mica, and feldspare are the minerals
    TRUE
    FALSE
  • Tectonic plates form part of the ... and float over the ...
    crust - crust
    mantle - crust
    crust - mantle
    crust - core
  • Which is formed in nature by a single component?
    Organics
    Properties
    Rocks
    Minerals
  • The ... of a mineral depends on the light it reflects. It can be metalic, silky, vitrous, or matte
    Luster
    Exfoliation
    Colour
    Shape
  • The outermost layer of the Geosphere is the...
    outer core
    crust
    mantle
    inner core
  • When transported rocks settle into new layers of rocks
    Weathering
    Transportation
    Erosion
    Sedimentation
  • When rocks have been eroded are are moving from one place to another, this is called
    transportation
    erosion
    weathering
    sedimentation
  • The core of the Earth is solid inside and ... outside
    molten
    liquid
    solid
    hot
  • Continental plates are covered with water, and oceanic plates form the continents
    TRUE
    FALSE