Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Quarter 1 Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atmosphere | the blanket of gases that surround our planet |
| Biosphere | all organisms on Earth as well as the environments in which they live |
| Geosphere | the area from the surface of Earth down to its center |
| Hydrosphere | all the water on Earth, including the water in the atmosphere |
| Dependent Variable | factor in an expirement that can change if the independent variable is changed |
| Independent Variable | factor that is manipulated by the expirementer in an expirement |
| Hypothesis | a testable explaination of a situation |
| Scientific Law | is a principle that describes the behavior of a natural phenomenon |
| Scientific Theory | is an explanation based on many observations during repeated investigations |
| Cleavage | describes how a mineral breaks (smoothly) |
| Fracture | describes how a mineral breaks (rough) |
| Hardness | measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched |
| Luster | the way a mineral reflects light (there are two types of luster, metallic and nonmetallic) |
| Streak | the color of a mineral when it is broken up into a powder |
| Fractional Crystallization | process in which different minerals crstallize from magma at different temperatures, removing elements from magma |
| Partial Melting | the process whereby some minerals melt at relatively low temperatures while other minerals remain solid |
| Pegmatite | vein deposites of extremely large-grained minerals that can contain rare ores such as lithium and beryllium |
| Mineral | a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a specific chemical composition and a definite crystalline structure |
| naturally occurring | not man made |
| inorganic | they are not made from living organisms |
| Solid | it has a definite shapes and volumes |
| specific chemical composition | each type of mineral has a chemical composition unique to that mineral (the majority are made from compounds) |
| definite crystalline structure | a crystal is a solid in which the atoms are arranged in repeating patterns (there is six different crystal shapes) |
| Intrusive | has coarse grains larger than 1 centimeter |
| Extrusive | has fine grains and need magnification to be seen |
| Constants | the variable that can't be changed |
| Controls | standard for comparison in an expirement |
| 2. Compare and contrast mass and weight. | Mass doesn't change but weight can |
| 4. Explain what physical properties could be used to tell the difference between Pyrite (Fool’s Gold) and Gold. | Pyrite leaves a green streak on a porcyline plate, gold leaves gold. |
| 5. Given the harness of two different minerals and explain what would happen if they were rubbed together. | The material that is softer would break or be scratched by the harder material. |
| 6. Explain how igneous rocks form. | Igneous rocks form by magma or lava cooling. |
Created by:
spjaco
Popular Earth Science sets