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Science Exam except for vocab

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Earth, Mars, and other rocky planets can be thought of as _______________. These ________________ are made up of interacting spheres that can include the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.
systems
Earth, Mars, and other rocky planets can be thought of as systems. These systems are made up of interacting spheres that can include the__________________, _____________________, _______________________, _____________________.
geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere
When landforms on different rocky planets look similar, it is evidence that they may have been formed by the same ____________________.
geologic proces
Scientists can use ___________________ to test their ideas and get evidence about processes in the natural world that are difficult to observe.
models
____________________ can provide evidence about the past because they remain after the geologic processes that formed them stop happening.
Landforms
Models represent the ____________________ being investigated in important ways, but they are not exactly the same.
natural processes
Earth's _____________________ is made of hard, solid rock.
outer layer
Earth's outer layer is made of ________________________.
hard, solid rock
Earth's outer layer is divided into sections called ________________.
plates
Geologists look for patterns in landforms and in geologic events to better understand _________.
Earth
Geologists look for __________________ in landforms and in geologic events to better understand Earth.
patterns
The _______________ of Earth's outer layer move.
plates
Earth's Plates Move on top of a __________________ layer of rock called the mantle.
soft, solid
Earth's Plates Move on top of a soft, solid layer of rock called the ___________________.
mantle
At _________________ plate boundaries, rock rises from the mantle and hardens, adding new solid rock to the edges of both plates.
divergent
At _________________ plate boundaries, one plate moves underneath the other plate and sinks into the mantle.
convergent
Earth's plates travel as a rate too __________ to be experienced by humans
slow
Rocks can form in _________________________-, this causes them to be different types
different ways
Rocks can form in different ways, this causes them to be _______________________
different types
When sediment is_________________________ together, it forms sedimentary rock
compacted and cemented
When magma ___________, it forms igneous rock
cools
When magma cools, it forms __________________
igneous rock
When a rock is subject to __________________________, it forms a metamorphic rock
extreme heat and pressure
When a rock is subject to extreme heat and pressure, it forms a ________________________
metamorphic rock
Matter gets transformed by _______________, but the same matter is still present.
energy
Sediment forms when any type of rock is weathered, a process driven by energy from the __________.
sun
Sediment forms when any type of rock is ________________, a process driven by energy from the sun.
weathered
Magma forms when any type of rock is ____________, a process driven by energy from Earth's interior.
melted
Magma forms when any type of rock is melted, a process driven by energy from Earth's ________________.
interior
Plate motion moves ___________________
rock formations
______________________ moves rocks down below Earth's outer layer.
Subduction
Subduction moves rocks down below Earth's ________________.
outer layer
_____________ moves rocks upward toward Earth's surface
Uplift
Uplift moves rocks upward toward Earth's ______________
surface
______________________ and _______________________ can expose rock formations to different energy sources, which can transform them.
Uplift, subduction
Any type of rock can transform into any type of rock because of ______________________.
plate motion
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