When the hot material cools _______, it has smaller crystal size. When it cools ________, it has large crystals.

Describes how light is reflected from a minerals surface.

It is needed for the mineral to show fluorescence.

Igneous rocks which formed from lava which erupted on the earth’s surface.

Forms most of the crust which includes the crust on the ocean floor.

The most abundant intrusive rock in the part of the crust that makes up the continents.

Are small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.

It occurs when running water or wind loosen and carry away these fragments of rock.

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together.

It forms from tiny particles of clay.

A type of sedimentary rock with fragments that range in size from sand and pebbles to boulders. These fragments have rounded edges.

It refers to substances that once were part of living things or were made by living things.

Forms from the remains of swamp plants buried in water.

It cements the shell particles together, forming limestone.

Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel layers or bands are said to be __________

In a process that takes place deep beneath the surface, heat and pressure can change any type of rock into ____________

the lowest layer of the atmosphere that lies next to the Earth’s surface.

As you move up into the troposphere the temperature __________

As you move up into the stratosphere the air temperature actually ___________

Is a gas that absorbs solar radiation and releases it as heat.

A type of UV which is trapped in the ozone.

It reacts with O3 and destroys the ozone.

Meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere usually burn up in this layer__________

It includes all of the water on or near the Earth’s surface.

When water freezes it _____________ unlike other substances.

It is a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid.

a stream that empties into another stream

are bodies of water of different sizes contained on a body of land.

The regular rise and fall of the sea caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon.

Which events are needed to change igneous rock into metamorphic rock?

Igneous rocks are ejected from a volcano. With weathering and erosion, the rocks are buried beneath sediments over time. If compaction and cementation continue, which type of rock will this igneous rock MOST LIKELY become?

There are how many different types of crust?

What is the core made of?

Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?

What layer is a semisolid and acts like a plastic?

Which layer of Earth has the GREATESTdensity?

The lithosphere combines what two layers?

Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using:

. What is evaporation?