Vocabulary
Scientific Method
Minerals
Rock Cycle
Soil
100

Coal, oil and natural gas are types of this.

What are Fossil Fuels?

100

The first step in the scientific method.

What is ask a question?

100

The shine a mineral has is called this.

What is Luster?

100

A type of material made when a rock melts

What is Magma/Lava?
100
The horizon layer known often as the organic layer that has humus in it.

What is the O Horizon?

200

A rock that forms through the process of heat and pressure.

What is a Metamorphic Rock?

200

A type of observation made based on your 5 senses.

What is a qualitative observation?

200
Something that shows the levels of how hard a mineral is.

What is Mohs Hardness Scale?

200

A type of rock made when tiny bits of rock called sediment are layered and compacted together and cement over time.

What is a Sedimentary Rock?

200

The horizon layer that is the very bottom and called Bedrock?

What is the R Horizon?

300

An educated guess.

What is a Hypothesis?

300

A type of observation made based on numbers.

What is a quantitative observation?

300

The term for when a mineral breaks and has a flat surface.

What is Cleavage?

300
The terms for when rock is broken down and then transported.

What is Weathering and Erosion?

300

The horizon layer known for having weathered rock called parent material.

What is the C Horizon?

400

The amount of matter in an object.

What is Volume?

400

What can happen if an experiment doesn't yield an outcome you predicted?

What is try the experiment again?

400

Iridescence, Magnetism, and Luminescence are types of this.

What is a Special Property?

400

A type of rock made when Magma/Lava cools.

What is an Igneous Rock?
400

The horizon layer of soil that has living and nonliving material and referred to as the topsoil?

What is the A Horizon?

500

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.

What is a Mineral?

500

The step of the scientific method that comes after making a hypothesis.

What is Test your Hypothesis (Run an Experiment)?

500

A test that is run to see the powder of a mineral that is left behind after striking a plate.

What is a Streak/Streak Test?

500
A type of material created when rocks are weathered down to tiny pieces.

What is Sediment?

500

The term for the layers of soil seen from a side view.

What is a soil profile?
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