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windblown deposits of silt and clay
a) dunes
b) loess
c) abrasion
d) till

formed when sediments are deposited as water empties into an ocean or lake
a) alluvial fan
b) delta
c) meander
d) floodplain

deposit formed when river waters empty out onto a flat open plain
a) alluvial fan
b) delta
c) meander
d) floodplain

how light is reflected from a mineral
a) Luster
b) Clevage
c) Hardness
d) Streak

a measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched
a) luster
b) cleavage
c) hardness
d) streak

color of a powdered mineral
a) luster
b) clevage
c) fracture
d) streak

minerals form when______cools.
a) magma
b) solid
c) crystals
d) identify

when liquid evaporates, atoms of any dissolved minerals stay behind and form______
a) magma
b) crystals
c) solid
d) Identify

outermost layer of Earth
a) Crust
b) Core
c) Mantle
d) outer core

flat, raised areas of land
a) plains
b) plateaus
c) mountains
d) relief

large, flat areas of land
a) plateaus
b) plains
c) mountains
d) relief

the blanket of gases that surround Earth
a) atmosphere
b) asthenosphere
c) lithosphere
d) hydrosphere

the partially molten layer of Earth's mantle
a) atmosphere
b) asthenosphere
c) lithosphere
d) hydrosphere

Th water in Earth's oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and glaciers.
a) lithosphere
b) athenosphere
c) hydrosphere
d) cryosphere

the rigid outer shell of Earth
a) Mantle
b) Core
c) lithosphere
d) plains

all organisms on Earth and the environments in which they live
a) asthenosphere
b) biosphere
c) lithosphere
d) atmosphere

broad C-shaped curve in stream
a) Alluvial Fan
b) Delta
c) Floodplain
d) Meander

A jumble of materials deposited by a retreating glacier
a) Dunes
b) Abrasion
c) Till
d) Loess

deposits formed from windblown sand
a) Dunes
b) Loess
c) Abrasion
d) Till

Underground opening formed in limestone
a) Tunnel
b) Cave
c) Meander
d) Delta

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