Scientific Method & Measurement
Rocks
Minerals
Soil
Weathering
100
What is the metric unit for liquid volume?
What is liter?
100
What do you call a rock that is formed when sediments are compacted & cemented together or when dissolved minerals come out of solutions?
What is sedimentary rock?
100
What is the name of a test on a mineral that indicates how much a mineral resists being scratched?
What is hardness?
100
The hot, melted mineral & rock material on Earth's surface is called?
What is lava?
100
What is it called when chemical or mechanical surface processes that break rock into smaller and smaller pieces?
What is weathering?
200
What is the process that is used to find answers to questions about the world around us?
What is the scientific method?
200
What do you call a rock that is formed when heat, pressure or fluids act on existing rock to change its form or composition or both?
What is metamorphic rock?
200
The test that measures the tendency of some minerals to split along smooth, flat surfaces is called?
What is cleavage?
200
What is a mixtured of weathered rock, decayed organic material, mineral fragments, water, & air called?
What is soil?
200
What is the process of carrying away weathered material called?
What is erosion?
300
What is the name of the instrument that is used to measure mass?
What is a triple-beam balance?
300
What is a rock formed by cystallization of hot melted rocks or minerals called?
What is igneous rock?
300
What do you call a mineral's ability to reflect light?
What is luster?
300
What is another name for weathered material?
What is sediments?
300
What is the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces, the makeup or the rock is not altered, only its size?
What is mechanical weathering?
400
What are factors that affect the outcome of an experiment?
What are variables?
400
What do you call a mixture of one or more minerals, rock fragments,volcanic glass, organic matter, or other natural materials?
What is rock?
400
What do you call the tendency of some minerals to break into pieces with uneven surfaces?
What is fracture?
400
What are ALL the layers that make up the soil in an area called?
What is a soil profile?
400
What is the process called that alters the rock's mineral composition or chemical makeup of rocks & their size?
What is chemical weathering?
500
What do you call an educated guess based on observations & knowledge of a problem or question?
What is an hypothesis?
500
What is a series of narual processes by which rocks are slowly changed from one kind of rock to another kind of rock?
What is the rock cycle?
500
What do you call a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition & an orderly arrangement of atoms?
What is a mineral?
500
What is the area of a soil layer called?
What is horizon?
500
What do you call the process of laying down weathered material in a new location?
What is deposition?
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