Matter
Thing that matter is made of.
What is an atom.
These are the three main types of rocks:
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?
Unlike rocks, these are pure substances with a definite chemical makeup.
What are minerals.
This is the point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake begins.
What is the epicenter?
He proposed the idea of continental drift.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
Positively charged particle in the nucleus.
What is a proton?
This type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies.
What is igneous rock?
You use this test on a streak plate to find a mineral’s true color.
What is the streak test?
When rocks are pulled apart and one block slides downward, this fault forms.
What is a normal fault?
The presence of identical fossils and rock formations on different continents supported this theory.
What is continental drift?
You can find this number by subtracting the atomic number from the atomic mass.
What are neutrons.
This never-ending process shows how one type of rock can turn into another.
What is the rock cycle?
This scale measures a mineral’s hardness from 1 to 10.
What is the Mohs hardness scale?
This upward-arching fold looks like an “A.”
What is an anticline.
These two major views of Earth’s history debate whether change happens slowly or suddenly.
What are uniformitarianism and catastrophism?
Two or more atoms chemically bonded together form this.
What is a molecule.
This type of rock forms under heat and pressure, but without melting.
What is metamorphic rock.
Differences in density, composition, and temperature cause the layering of this part of Earth.
What is the lithosphere?
These currents deep in the mantle cause tectonic plates to move.
What are convection currents?
This flat volcanic landform is made from layers of hardened lava.
What is a lava plateau?
He arranged the first periodic table based on atomic properties and left gaps for future elements.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev
A sedimentary rock becomes metamorphic when it experiences these two forces.
What are heat and pressure?
These three properties can help identify a mineral.
What are color, luster, and hardness?
(Other correct answers: streak, cleavage, or crystal form.)
This fault type moves both up-and-down and side-to-side.
What is an oblique-slip fault?
These three views explain different beliefs about how life and Earth began.
What are Young Earth creationism, Old Earth creationism, and Theistic evolution?