Describing the Earth
True or False: The Earth is a perfect circle.
F
List 1 thing all minerals have in common.
They are solids, formed naturally in the Earth, same chemical makeup through out, not alive, definite arrangement of atoms
True or False: Minerals are mixed together to form rocks
True
True or False: Only some of the outer planets have rings
False
True or False: The Sun is primarily made up of helium and carbon.
F
Which of the following is not a continent?
A. Asia
B. United States
C. North America
D. Australia
Which of the following is not a mineral?
A. Quartz
B. Pyrite
C. Diamond
D. Marble
D. Marble
Which of the following is not a rock type?
A. Magma
B. Sedimentary
C. Metamorphic
D. Igneous
A Magma
Which of the following is not an inner planet?
A. Mercury
B. Earth
C. Neptune
D. Venus
C Neptune
Which of the following matches this definition: "the process of particles moving at high speeds and colliding continuously creates energy"
A. Fusion
B. Chemical reaction
C. Gravity
D. Solar
A
What is the name for the earth's movement in an orbit around the sun? This takes 365 days.
Revolution
What is the name for the test of rubbing a mineral across a tile to see the color of mark it leaves?
Streak
When volcanoes quickly deposit lava on the Earth's surface, what type of igneous rock does this form?
Extrusive
What is the name for the warming of a planet's atmosphere because of trapped heat energy from the sun?
Greenhouse effect
What is a dark area that appears on the sun called?
Sun spot
List the 4 major oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic
Explain how luster and hardness are different
Luster= how a mineral reflects light
Hardness= how well a mineral resists being scratched
Name 2 ways that igneous or sedimentary rocks can become metamorphic rocks
Heat, pressure, chemical changes
What are 2 differences between a star and planet?
Stars emit their own light
What is the difference between a solar system and a galaxy?
A solar system is one collection of planetary bodies around a primary large star. A galaxy is made up of many solar systems.
Fill in the blanks.
The Earth _____________ on it's invisible _________ that runs through the North and South Pole. This causes ____________.
rotates, axis, day and night
Fill in the blank. Geologists measure hardness on a scale of 1 to 10 called __________________.
Moh's scale
You find a rock that has beautiful foliations in it that look like striking layers of black and white. What rock type do you think it to be?
Metamorphic
List all 8 planets in order?!
mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
planet, star, moon, comet, asteroid