Geology
The way a mineral reflects light
Luster
A special trait that helps an organism survive
Adaptation
Traits are are inborn, not learned
Inherited Traits
A force between surfaces that slows objects down or stops them from moving
Friction
A plate used for testing a mineral's hardness
Streak Plate
A hard covering that protects an invertebrate's body
Exoskeleton
The largest group into which an organism can be classified
Kingdom
The buildup of an electric charge on a material
Static Electricity
Scratch Test
An internal supporting structure
Endoskeleton
A living thing that carries our five basic life functions on its own
Organism
A circuit which contains gaps or breaks so that it will not allow the flow of electricity
Open Circuit
The color of a mineral's streak when using a streak plate
Streak Color
When one organism imitates the traits of another
Mimicry
Any of the one celled organisms that live in water
Protist
A circuit which is complete and allows electricity to flow
Closed Circuit
A scaled used to indicate the hardness of a material from 10 hardest to 1 softest
Moh's Scale
An invertebrate with jointed legs and a body that is divided into sections
Anthropod
The living and nonliving things in an environment, and all their interactions
Ecosystem
A material through which electricity has difficulty flowing
Resistor