What is Question, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, draw conclusions
100
Name the 4 spheres/systems found on Earth
What is Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
100
Name 4 properties used to identify minerals
What is fracture, cleavage, streak, luster, hardness, magnetic, color, crystal shape, taste, react with HCl
100
What are the 3 types of rock?
What is Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igenous
100
Name one use of minerals in every day life
What is glass, ceramics, jewelry, car parts, construction (answers will vary)
200
What tool is used to measure mass?
What is a triple beam balance
200
Give an example of how the biosphere interacts with the atmosphere
What is a bird flying through the air (answers may vary)
200
Name the 5 properties used to define a mineral
What is 1) inorganic 2) naturally occurring 3) solid 4) orderly atomic structure 5) definite chemical composition
200
What process creates an igneous rock?
What is cooling
200
Which mineral property can't be determined by inspection?
What is hardness
300
A hypothesis must always be ___________
What is testable
300
There are 2 main types of systems. What kind of system is Earth?
What is closed
300
What are the most abundant minerals found in the Earth's crust?
What are silicates
300
How do sedimentary rocks form?
What is compaction and cementation
300
Convert 100 ml to liters
What is 0.1 liters
400
You are testing to see if adding salt to water speeds up the time it takes to boil. What is the independent variable?
What is type of water (salt or no salt)
400
In a open system, what happens to matter and energy?
What is they can both enter and leave the system
400
Name the 4 mineral groups and the elements that make up the minerals in that group
What is Silicates (Si and O2), Carbonates (C and O2), Oxides (metal and O2), and Sulfides (metal and S)
400
How are metamorphic rocks classified?
What is by where they form (regional or contact/local metamorphism)
400
You are testing to see if adding salt to water speeds up the time it takes to boil. What is the dependent variable?
What is time
500
How many variables are being tested in a good scientific experiment?
What is 1
500
What systems are interacting in the following scenario? A volcano erupted yesterday releasing dust and debris into the air and lava ran down the side of the mountain destroying a forest as it moved.
What is geosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere
500
Describe the relationship between atoms, elements, and matter
What is atoms are the simplest form of matter, atoms of one kind make up an element, a naturally occurring substance that can't be broken down any further, and matter is made up of all different kinds of elements.
500
Is it possible for a rock in the rock cycle to skip becoming a sedimentary rock? Explain.
What is Yes because an igneous rock can be exposed to heat and pressure and become a metamorphic rock OR a metamorphic rock can be melted down into magma and that magma will cool into an igneous rock
500
You are on a geological expedition looking for rock specimen. You come across an igneous rock with large crystals that is dark in color. How would you classify this rock?