Rocks & Minerals
Name one way to identify a mineral.
Color, Streak, Luster, Hardness, Density, Crystal structure, Cleavage or fracture, special
What is a group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds?
Molecule
True or False: A molecule with more than one atom is called a compound.
True
What is the name of the process that changes liquid to gas at the surface?
Evaporation
What part of Earth has two distinct parts?
What is the core?
What are the three types of rocks?
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
What is a push or pull exerted on an object?
Force
True or False: Heat transfer by movement of fluids is called conduction.
False
What kind of energy is stored energy?
Potential Energy
Which layer is molten metal surrounding the inner core?
What is the outer core?
Name two types of igneous rock,
Extrusive and intrusive
Granite and Basalt
What is the resistance of a liquid to flowing?
viscosity
True or False: Oxygen is 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
False
What is the change in state from gas to liquid?
condensation
What part of Earth is a thin outer layer?
What is the crust?
What are the three sedimentary rock types?
Sandstone, Shale and Limestone
clastic, organic, and chemical
What is the line that forms the boundary between the land and ocean or lake?
What is a coastline?
True or False: The total kinetic and potential energy of particles is called thermal energy.
What is the change from solid directly to gas?
What is sublimation?
Which Earth layer is the thickest?
What is the mantle?
What are the two types of metamorphic rock?
What are foliated and non-foliated?
What is the continual movement of water among Earth’s systems?
Water Cycle
True or False: Higher temperature means particles move slower.
False
How is temperature measured?
By a thermometer
What is the geosphere made up of?
What are rocks and metals (or landforms)?