Semester Exam Part 1

A sedimentary rock that was formed by organisms or contains the remains or organisms

• Biochemical rock

• Nonfoliated rocks

Metamorphic rocks that have mineral grains with a random, interlocking texture

• Biochemical rock

• Nonfoliated rocks

Reusable spacecraft that transport people and materials to and from space

• Space Shuttles

• Space Probes

Blood cells need iron to function

• oxygen

• iron

The time it takes an object to complete one rotation

• Period of Rotation

• Period of Revolution

A relatively small, rocky body that travels through space

• Orbiter

• Meteoroid

A force that resists the sliding of two surfaces that are touching

• Gravity

• Friction

Igneous rocks that form as magma cools underground

• Intrusive Rock

• Nonfoliated Rocks

Group of tissues working together to perform a particular function

• cell

• organ

Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other

• Plate tectonics

• Subduction