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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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