Types of Energy
Energy resulting from the movement of electrons
What is magma?
This property describes the way light reflects off of a mineral's surface (is it shiny?).
What is luster?
What is gravity?
These planets are terrestrial, meaning they have rocky surfaces, and tend to have few moons.
Energy stored in the chemical bonds of an object like food
What is chemical energy?
This rock forms from lava or magma that has cooled and solidified into rock.
What is igneous rock?
A mineral has this property if it breaks into smooth straight lines.
What is cleavage?
This is the path that Earth follows around the sun.
What is Earth's orbit?
These planets are also known as jovian planets or gas giants. They are very large, made of gas, and have many moons.
What are outer planets?
Energy resulting from the position of an object that is staying still. It is higher when an object is higher up
What is potential energy
This type of rock is most likely to have fossils.
What is sedimentary rock?
This scale is used to measure a mineral's hardness. On this scale, a diamond is a 10, the hardest, and Talc is the softest.
What is the Mohs's hardness scale.
Daily double! Double points for a correct answer.
This is what causes day and night. It makes it appear that the sun is setting and rising.
What is Earth's rotation on its axis?
This separates Jupiter and Mars.
What is the asteroid belt?
Energy of an object in motion
What is kinetic energy
This type of rock forms under extreme heat and pressure, like under mountains.
What is metamorphic rock?
Attempting to scratch a mineral with a steel nail would be a part of this test.
What is the hardness test?
This is the reason constellations appear to change as the seasons of the year change.
What is Earth's revolution around the sun?
This is a ball of ice and dust that orbits the sun in an ellipsis (oval) shape and has two glowing tails
What is a comet
This is energy that can travel without a medium. For example, it can travel through space. It travels in waves.
What is light energy?
What is sedimentary rock?
This test is done by taking a mineral sample and drawing a line with it on an unglazed ceramic tile, then looking at the color of the powder left behind.
What is the streak test?
This is the reason we have seasons.
What is Earth's tilt on its axis?
This is the force of attraction between objects; it is stronger on planets with more mass
What is gravity?