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Nick's MidtermReview
This is a review for the St.Roberts midterm Science finals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a natually formed, inorganic solid that has a definate crystaline structure? | Mineral |
| What is a substance that cannot be seperated or broken into simpler substances by chemical means? | Element |
| What is a sustance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds? | Compound |
| What is a solid whose atoms, ions, and molecules are arranged in a definate pattern? | Crystal |
| What is the splitting of a mineral along a smooth, flat surface? | Cleavage |
| What is the the manner in which a mineral breaks along either a curved or irregular surface? | Fracture |
| What is a naturally occuring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter? | Rock |
| What is the series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, & forms again by geologic processes? | Rock Cycle |
| What are layer s of rock? | Strata |
| What is an atom that has the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons? | Isotope |
| What is the time needed for halfof a sample of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay? | Half Life |
| What is the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geological processes | Fossil |
| What is fossilized evidence of an animal? | Trace Fossil |