Density
Rocks &Minerals
Tectonic Plates
Celestial Objects
Gravity & Space Travel
100
This is the formula for calculating density.
What is density = mass / volume?
100
Depending on how a rock is formed it is classified as ______, _____, or _____.
What is igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary?
100
This is the layer of Earth that includes the tectonic plates.
What is the lithosphere?
100
The Earth's day is 24 hours because of its ______.
What is rotation?
100
True or False: All objects in the universe have gravitational force.
What is true?
200
An object sinks in water because it is _____ dense than the water.
What is more?
200
Performing the scratch test on a mineral will reveal this property.
What is hardness?
200
North America is found on this tectonic plate.
What is the North American Plate?
200
Which object in our solar system produces its own light?
What is the Sun?
200
Because it takes so long to travel to between objects in space, we have only sent space probes to objects in our own _____ _____.
What is solar system?
300
An object has a density of 0.2 g/mL. The object will do this in water.
What is float.
300
Minerals that are shiny (like metal) are said to have this type of luster.
What is metallic?
300
This is what happens to the the temperatures of the layers of earth as you move from the crust to the inner core.
What is gets hotter?
300
This is what happens to the period of planet revolution further from the Sun.
What is get longer?
300
Between Venus and Jupiter, this planet will have a greater gravitational force.
What is Jupiter?
400
This is the density for a substance that has a mass of 10g and a volume of 5 mL.
What is 2 g/mL?
400
These 2 things must happen for igneous rock to form.
What is melting and cooling?
400
This is the type of geologic formation that occurs when 2 plates of the same density converge.
What is mountains?
400
Mercury's temperatures are much colder and hotter than Earth's. This is because the Earth has a _____ that holds heat in.
What is an atmosphere?
400
The moon revolves around Earth because it is _____ to Earth than the Sun.
What is closer?
500
This is the unit for the density of a liquid.
What is g/cm3?
500
Double Jeopardy These are the names of the softest and hardest minerals.
What is talc and diamond?
500
Scientists believe that this characteristics of the asthenosphere is what causes the tectonic plates to move.
What is convection currents?
500
These 4 planets are all very large and made of gas.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
500
The Apollo 11 mission allowed astronauts to be the first to do this.
What is walk on the moon?
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