Understanding Key Terms

What are minerals?

• Very small pieces of matter

• A slow process of being worn away

• Amounts of something left in one place by a natural process

• Solid substances made of one or more simple chemicals

What are particles?

• General theories or facts

• Amounts of something left in one place by a natural process

• Very small pieces of matter

• Solid substances made of one or more simple chemicals

What are deposits?

• Very small pieces of matter

• A slow process of being worn away

• Amounts of something left in one place by a natural process

• General theories or facts

What is erosion?

• A slow process of being worn away

• Solid substances made of one or more simple chemicals

• Very small pieces of matter

• General theories or facts

What are principles?

• Amounts of something left in one place by a natural process

• Solid substances made of one or more simple chemicals

• General theories or facts

• A slow process of being worn away

The _______ shows what the section is about.

What does the root "aud" mean in the word "audience"?

• write

• book

• hear

• against

Which part of the word "autograph" means "write"?

• auto

• graph

• ph

• au

What does the prefix "anti" mean in the word "antibiotic"?

• forward

• against

• book

• hear

In the word "bibliography," what does the root "biblio" mean?

• write

• book

• hear

• against