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A MINERAL'S RESISTANCE TO BEING SCRATCHED HARDNESS
ROCKS ARE CLASSIFIED BY ___, WHICH IS HOW & WHERE THE ROCK FORMED ORIGIN
THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF ROCKS MINERALS
THE SOFTEST MINERAL TALC
BUILDING MATERIALS, JEWELRY & ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF HOW ___ ARE USED MINERALS
WHAT PROCESSES MUST OCCUR FOR ANY ROCK TO BECOME AN IGNEOUS ROCK? MELTING & COOLING
WEATHERING IS A PROCESS THAT CHANGES ANY ROCK INTO ___ SEDIMENT
WHICH ENERGY RESOURCE IS NONRENEWABLE BUT NOT A FOSSIL FUEL? NUCLEAR ENERGY
FOSSILS OF SIMPLE ORGANISMS ARE FOUND IN ___ ROCK LAYERS OLDER
A ROCK WITH A USABLE AMOUNT OF A METAL IS A(N) ___ ORE
MINERALS ARE OBTAINED PRIMARILY BY ___ MINING
WIND, WATER & BIOMASS ARE EXAMPLES OF ENERGY RESOURCES THAT ULTIMATELY (INDIRECTLY) GET THEIR ENERGY FROM ___ SOLAR ENERGY (THE SUN)
THE PROCESS BY WHICH SEDIMENT IS CARRIED (MOVED) EROSION
HOW ARE THE METALS CONTAINED IN ORES REMOVED FROM THE ROCK? BY SMELTING
WHICH ENERGY RESOURCE DOES THE WORLD RELY ON THE MOST? FOSSIL FUELS
RESOURCES THAT ARE REPLACED AS QUICKLY AS THEY ARE USED ARE ___ RENEWABLE
THE PROCESS OF MELTING METAMORPHIC ROCK PRODUCES ___ MOLTEN MATERIAL (MAGMA OR LAVA)
WHAT IS THE TEXTURE OF INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK? COARSE-GRAINED
EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK HAS SMALL CRYSTALS BECAUSE ___ THE LAVA COOLS QUICKLY ON EARTH'S SURFACE
THE PROCESS OF SEDIMENT DROPPING OUT OF SLOWER-MOVING WATER, WIND OR ICE DEPOSITION
THE IDEA THAT SEDIMENTARY LAYERS ARE DEPOSITED AT DIFFERENT TIMES IS PART OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ___. SUPERPOSITION
AS A PALEONTOLOGIST DIGS DOWN FROM THE SURFACE, EACH ROCK LAYER'S AGE IS INCREASINGLY ___ OLDER
FOSSIL FUELS & BIOMASS PRODUCE GREENHOUSE GASES BECAUSE THEIR ENERGY IS RELEASED BY ___ BURNING ORGANIC MATTER
WHICH ROCK IS ALSO AN ENERGY RESOURCE? COAL (ORGANIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK)
ACCORDING TO UNIFORMITARIANISM, WHAT CAUSES CHANGE ON EARTH'S SURFACE? THE SAME GRADUAL PROCESSES FROM THE PAST CAUSE CHANGE NOW
ACCORDING TO CATASTROPHISM, WHAT CAUSES CHANGE ON EARTH'S SURFACE? RARE, SUDDEN EVENTS (CATASTROPHES)
WHAT IS THE CURRENT SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF THE CAUSES OF CHANGE ON EARTH'S SURFACE? MOST CHANGE IS CAUSED BY SLOW, CONSTANT PROCESSES, BUT CATASTROPHES SOMETIMES CAUSE CHANGE.
SALT, ALUMINUM, GOLD, GYPSUM, DIAMOND & QUARTZ ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF ___ MINERALS
THE PRESERVED REMAINS OR TRACES OF AN ORGANISM IS A ___ FOSSIL
ORIGINAL HORIZONTALITY, LAW OF SUPERPOSITION & INDEX FOSSILS ARE ALL WAYS TO DETERMINE THE ___ AGE OF ROCK LAYERS & FOSSILS RELATIVE
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