includes rocks, soil, mountains, and crust
geosphere
parts of Earth do what
interact
elements
building blocks of minerals
main types of chemical bonds
ionic, covalent, and metallic
what is naturally occuring, inorganic solid with an orderly crystalline structure and a definite chemical composition
mineral
resistance of a mineral to being scratched
hardness
fizz in contact with hydrochloric acid
calcite
classifies a mineral as a silicate
density
sediment
is not a rock
rocks are classified by
how they form
what is naturally occuring, solid mass of mineral
a rock
sedimentary rock formation
weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
fossils are found
in sedimanetary rocks
gold
not an example of fossil fuels
earthworms
not a major component of soil
what has the greatest effect on soil formation
climate
how is soil texture determined
by particle size
main type of weathering in deserts
mechanical
slump
downward movement of a block along a curved surface
creep
slow movement due to freezing
mudflow
quickly moving mass with large amounts of water
rockslide
bedrock that moves suddenly along a flat surface
zone above the snowline on a glaicer
zone of accumulation
marks the furhtest advance of a glaicer
terminal end moraine
gradual rounding of corners
sphereoidal weathering
ability of a stream to erode
velocity
underlies a karst landscape
limestone
contributes water to the stream
drainage basin
thick ice mass that forms over land
glacier
supercontient in continental drift hypthesis
Pangaea
most common at divergent plate boundaries
fault block mountains
earthquakes are associated with
faults