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5. the way a mineral shines, or reflects light

6. What is luster?

7. a measure of how easy it is to scratch a mineral

8. What is a mineral’s hardness?

9. a scale that measures the hardness of a mineral

10. What is Mohs Harness Scale?

11. this type of mineral looks dull

12. What is a nonmetallic mineral?

13. the tendency of a mineral to split easily along flat surfaces

14. What is cleavage?

15. a solid material made up of one or more minerals

16. What is a rock?

17. the continuous series of changes that rocks undergo

18. What is the rock cycle?

19. Weathering breaks down igneous rocks. These sediments can be compacted and cemented to form this type of rock.

20. What is sedimentary rock?

21. Heat and pressure may melt a metamorphic rock, forming magma. When the magma cools and hardens, this type of rock is formed.

22. What is igneous rock?

23. a rock that is made when old rocks are changed by heat and pressure under Earth’s surface

24. What is metamorphic rock?

25. melted rock above Earth’s surface

26. What is lava?

27. melted rock below Earth’s surface

28. What is magma?

29. a crack in Earth’s crust

30. What is a fault?

31. the sudden movement of part of the Earth’s crust

32. What is an earthquake?

33. when loose rock and soil move suddenly down a hill

34. What is a landslide?

35. the slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces

36. What is weathering?

37. the moving of rock material from one place to another

38. What is erosion?

39. a large piece of slow-moving ice

40. What is a glacier?

41. the dropping of sediment moved by water, wind, and ice

42. What is deposition?

43. the long ridge, or raised piece of land, formed by the materials carried and deposited by a glacier

44. What is a moraine?

45. a nonliving solid found in nature

46. What is a mineral?

47. a body of water that is partly enclosed by land and has a wide opening

48. What is a bay?

49. a large mass of sediment at the mouth of a river

50. What is a delta?

51. slow movement of land along a fault

52. What is creep?

53. an area of California that was formed by glaciers

54. What is Yosemite Valley?

55. Make your wager.

56. the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core

57. What are Earth’s layers?