Nature of Science
Earth
Minerals
Rocks
Topic Mixer
100
An educated guess about a possible solution to a mystery?
What is a hypothesis
100
Earth is divided up into 3 layers, what are they?
What is crust, mantle, and core
100
This consists of 4 characteristics when it comes to how it is created/form?
What are minerals
100
What is a mixture of minerals, volcanic glass, organic matter, or other materials?
What is rock
100
This type of rock is mostly found on the exposed surface of the Earth?
What is sedimentary
200
Constants are variables that do not?
What is change
200
There are two kinds of crust; what are they?
What is continental and oceanic
200
This contains silicon, oxygen, and one or more other elements?
What are silicates
200
What are the three types of rock?
What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
200
This layer of the Earth is the outer layer made up of solid rock?
What is the crust
300
The different factors that can change an experiment?
What are variables
300
The mantle is located below this layer of the Earth?
What is the crust
300
These two things are not enough to figure out the type of most minerals, what are they?
What is color and appearance
300
This person recognized/discovered the "Rock Cycle?"
Who is Jame Hutton
300
Early civilizations used observations of recurring natural events like floods and the appearance of stars to create these?
What are calendars
400
Data and observations must be analyzed to draw these?
What are conclusions
400
This is the innermost layer of the Earth?
What is the core
400
This particular scale measures the hardness of minerals?
What is Moh's Scale of Hardness/Moh's Hardness Scale/Moh's Scale
400
This type of rock forms from magma found deep under Earth's surface?
What is igneous
400
These are rare and beautiful minerals that are highly prized?
What are gems
500
Use of scientific discoveries for practical purposes such as making pottery or extracting metals from rock?
What is technology
500
This layer of the Earth is denser than the crust?
What is the mantle
500
What are the two ways that a mineral can break?
What is by fracture or cleavage
500
This type of rock is changed by temperature, pressure, and hot fluids?
What is metamorphic
500
The rock cycle is what type of process?
What is continuous
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