Nature of Science and Matter
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What makes gems different from minerals?
Rare / expensive
Thinking back to the rock cycle, how does sediment become a sedimentary rock?
Compaction or lithification
What is energy?
The ability to do work
How do sedimentary rocks change into metamorphic rocks?
heat and pressure
Which two particles are found in the nucleus of the atom?
Protons and neutrons
Name 2 tests that use unglazed porcelain tile to identify minerals.
Hardness and streak test
True or False: Limestone is a sedimentary rock.
True
Where does oil come from?
Marine animals that were buried and decomposed over time, forming thick black liquid
Which type of igneous rock has large crystals due to slowly cooled magma?
Intrusive Rock
What is our science definition for this year?
The human effort to understand the natural world through observation and experimentation.
Which of these is NOT a mineral:
Salt, Gold, Calcite, Liquid Water, Quartz
Liquid water
Where is the oldest layer of a rock in a stack of sedimentary rocks located?
The bottom of the stack
Splitting heavy elements such as uranium for energy is called what?
Nuclear fission
List the two categories of metamorphic rock
Foliated and non-foliated.
What are the steps of the scientific method in ORDER?
Question, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Collect Data, Graph, Conclusions, Repeat/ Retest
What is ore?
A mineral that contains a useful substance that can be mined for profit; example is cinnabar which can be used for mercury
What are the 3 types of sedimentary rock?
Organic, chemical, and detrital
The Deepwater horizon oil spill occurred in what year?
2010
Limestone is a parent rock to what non-foliated metamorphic rock?
What are the 3 states of matter AND what are two conditions that cause matter to change state?
Solid, liquid, gas AND pressure or temperature
Name all 5 characteristics of minerals
1. Naturally occurring
2. Inorganic
3. Solid
4. Definite chemical composition
5. Orderly arrangement of atoms
How is coal formed?
Pieces of dead plants are buried under sediment and chemically changed and compacted over many years.
What two sources of energy make up MOST of the US's energy consumption?
Natural gas and petroleum
What artist famously preferred marble from Carrara in Tuscany for his sculptures? Name one of his sculptures. You must have the artist and one of his works to get the points!
Michelangelo Buonarroti; David, Pieta, Moses, Bacchus,