Thinking like a scientist
Fossil Fuels
Minerals
Rocks
Natural Resources
100
Geology, Astronomy, oceanography, and meterology
What is the four major branches of Earth Science
100
Natural resources humans use to produce energy
What are energy resources
100
A mineral type that contains silicon and oxygen
What is silicate mineral
100
The process of how rocks can change from one type to another over time.
What is the rock cycle
100
Any natural substance, organism, or energy that living things use.
What is a natural resource
200
The study of the entire atmosphere
What is meteorology
200
A liquid form of fossil fuel that is used to produce gasoline and jet fuel
What is petroleum
200
A property of minerals that is easy to see but not a good indicator of what type of a mineral may be
What is color
200
A type of rock that is formed beneath the Earth due to heat and pressure.
What is a metamorphic rock
200
A natural resource that can be used and replaced in a short period of time.
What is renewable resource
300
A series of steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems
What is the scientific method
300
A gaseous form of fossil fuel that is used for heating and generating electricity
What is natural gas
300
A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure.
What is a mineral
300
A type of rock that is formed due to the cooling of magma
What is igneous rock
300
A natural resource that cannot be replaced or takes over thousands and millions of years to make.
What is a nonrenewable resource
400
A possible guess or explanation to a problem or a question
What is an hypothesis
400
A solid form of fossil fuel that is used for heating, and electricity. Use to be used for transportation commonly.
What is coal
400
A property of a mineral that is the powdered color form of a specific mineral
What is a streak
400
A type of rock that is formed by weathering and erosion of sediment which becomes cemented together over time.
What is a sedimentary rock
400
The use of used or discarded materials that have been reprocessed as new products
What is recycling
500
Physical, Mathematical and Conceptual
What are types of scientific models
500
Smog, acid rain, pollution in the air and water, destroyed habitats, and possible leaks and spills.
What are the negative effects of using fossil fuels.
500
To return land to its original state after mining has taken place.
What is reclamation
500
The two ways rocks are classified within the three major rock types
What is composition and texture
500
A type of nonrenewable resource that we use for energy but pollutes our environment.
What are fossil fuels
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