Solutions and Mixtures
Sedimentary Rocks
Soil Properties
Weather and Climate
Anything Goes
(Potpourri)
100
A mixture is a ________ of two or more substances that can be_______. (Hint: TWO WORDS!)
What are combination and separated?
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed when layers of this settle on top of one another and harden.
What is sediment?
100
This is the layer of lose material that covers most of Earth's land.
What is soil?
100
This type of scientist predicts the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
100
Areas near this imaginary line are very warm.
What is the equator?
200
Mama Mia! Ms. Battle has made some spaghetti noodles! After they've cooked she pours them into a strainer to separate the water from the noodles. Ms. Battle has just used this method of separating mixtures.
What is filtration?
200
Before the rock is formed, it is by these processes that the sediments in sedimentary rocks are made and moved. (two processes, must name both)
What is weathering and erosion?
200
Soil is made of of tiny pieces of different kinds of weathered THIS.
What is rock?
200
This thin glass tube contains liquid metal which expands and rises as the air temperature around it increases.
What is a thermometer?
200
This is the day-to-day changes in temperatures, winds, precipitation, and other conditions.
What is weather?
300
Each part in one of these keeps its own properties because they are not chemically combined.
What is a mixture?
300
During the formation of sedimentary rocks, there are three things that hold the sediment together as it hardens. This is one.
What is the weight of the layers or sticky clay minerals in the sediment, or natural chemicals. (any one of these answers)
300
This is the name of the material in soil that is made up of decayed plants and animals. It has nutrients that plants need in order to grow.
What is humus?
300
This affects a climate because it slows the rising and falling of the air temperature.
What is ocean water?
300
Cleavage, luster, hardness, and streak are all some of the ways used to classify this.
What are rocks or minerals?
400
Of magnetism, evaporation, precipitation, and condensation, this is not a process by which to separate mixtures.
What is precipitation?
400
These are two examples of sedimentary rock that we read about.
What is shale, mudstone, limestone, sandstones? (any two)
400
These are the three basic types of soil. (name all three)
What are sand, silt, and clay?
400
These are the units in which temperature is measured.
What are degrees?
400
During this kind of phenomenon, the day can become as dark as the night if you're standing in a place on Earth where the moon casts its shadow.
What is a solar eclipse?
500
This is the ability of one substance to dissolve in another.
What is solubility?
500
This special type of sedimentary rock forms from rounded rocks that are the size of a pebble or larger.
What is a conglomerate?
500
There are four major properties of soil. Name TWO!
What is 1.) the ability to support plant growth 2.)color 3.) texture 4.) the ability to hold water?
500
This is the main cause of practically all weather (not seasons).
What is the unequal heating of Earth's land and water?
500
In 1958 the United States formed this administration in order to gather information about space.
What is NASA?
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