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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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