Vocabulary
Nonliving solid that has Crystal form
What is minerals?
is information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments.
What is Observation?
The ability to cause movement or create change.
What is Energy?
A natural object that orbits the planet.
What is a Moon?
A tool used to measure the mass of an object is called
What is a balance?
The ability of a mineral resist being scratched is
What is hardness?
Nathan wants to know how tall the cactus plant in his yard will grow in one year. What kind of investigation should he conduct?
What is an observation with evidence of the plant height over time?
The process by which rock, soil, and other weathered earth materials are moved from one place to another is called
What is Erosion?
is the spinning of a planet or moon on its axis.
What is rotation?
is the amount of space that an object or substance takes up?
What is Volume?
is a replica or description made to show how an object or system is made or how it works.
What is a model?
is a group in a scientific experiment that serves as a reference for comparisons to the experimental group, a group that is untreated by the factors being tested.
What is a Control Group?
the process by which rocks and other surfaces are broken down.
One complete trip around the sun is ?
What is revolution?
tool used to magnify something.
What is a Microscope?
measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation.
What is Data?
is a statement that tells what an investigation showed, based on observations and data.
What is a conclusion?
Identify the three categories of rocks.
What is Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous Rock?
The path that one object in space takes around another object in space is called an
What is Orbit?
s the process of giving a number to something by using tools.
What is Measurements?
The study of the natural world is called
What is Science?
is a tool used to measure volume.
What is a Graduated Cylinder?
is a hard, colorless compound which occurs in the mineral quartz. It is found on Florida beaches and is used to make glass, ceramics, and solar panels.
What is Silica?
is the phase of the moon where the moon appears to be half lit on the right-hand side.
What is First Quarter?
A push or pull.
What is Force?