Earth Material Unit Review

Front

When a mountain with pointy peaks becomes a rounded hill, what process caused this?

Back

Erosion

Front

The process in which rocks are broken down by both physical and chemical change.

Back

weathering

Front

What most likely caused the erosion to this rock?

Back

wind blowing on the rock

Front

What happens when day becomes night?

Back

Part of the Earth faces away from the sun at night.

Front

What makes daylight turn to darkness?

Back

The Earth's rotation

Front

What are the phases of the moon caused by?

Back

Revolution of the Moon around the Earth.

Front

What is the path the Moon travels around the Earth called?

Back

orbit

Front

If you scrape a rock against a piece of quartz, which property of minerals are you testing for?

Back

hardness

Front

Is color the most obvious property of a mineral?

Back

True

Front

Which physical property describes how the surface of the mineral reflects light?

Back

luster