Process Skills
Minerals
Rocks
Inside the Earth
Natural Resources
100
The amount of matter in an object
What is Mass
100
Material that is not made of living things or once living things
What is Inorganic
100
The process in which water, wind, ice and heat break down rock
What is Weathering
100
The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle; it is the thinnest layer of the earth
What is Crust
100
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
What is Renewable Resource
200
Length (meter), liquid volume (liter), mass (gram)
What is Basic Units
200
A solid whose atoms, ions, or molecules are arranged in a definite pattern
What is Crystal
200
The size, shape and positions of the grains that make up a rock
What is Texture
200
tThe process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies
What is Sea-Floor Spreading
200
The process of recovering valuable or useful materials from waste or scrap; the process of reusing some items
What is Recycling
300
This variable is affected by the change in the independent variable and is measured
What is Dependent Variable
300
The splitting of a mineral along smooth, flat surfaces
What is Cleavage
300
Rock with layers that forms at or near the Earth's surface without heat and pressure
What is Sedimentary Rock
300
The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass that broke up and drifted to their present locations
What is Continental Drift
300
The energy released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compounds
What is Chemical Energy
400
A testable prediction of how the independent variable will affect the dependent variable
What is Hypothesis
400
The way in which a mineral reflects light
What is Luster
400
A type of rock that forms when hot, liquid rock, or magma, cools and solidifies
What is Igneous Rock
400
When rocks are pulled apart because of tension; the hanging wall moves down and the foot wall moves up
What is Normal Fault
400
The joining of two or more nuclei to form a larger nucleus; the process releases a large amount of energy and occurs naturally in the sun
What is Fusion
500
A logical explanation of an observation
What is Inference
500
The manner in which a mineral breaks along either curved or irregular surfaces
What is Fracture
500
A change in the shape of a rock caused by a force placed on it; these forces may cause a rock to be squeezed or stretched
What is Deformation
500
The type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground
What is P Wave
500
A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil, coal, and natural gas
What is Fossil Fuel
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