Matter and Atoms
Anything that has mass and takes up space is called this.
What is matter?
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called these.
What are abiotic factors?
These waves have the longest wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum.
What are radio waves?
Glaciers form when this happens faster than melting.
What is snow accumulation?
The variable that is purposely changed in an experiment is called this.
What is the independent variable?
This principle states that matter cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the law of conservation of matter?
The chemical formula for gypsum is this.
What is CaSO4·2H2O?
This is the equation for wave speed.
What is wavelength × frequency = wave speed?
This force pulls glaciers downhill.
What is gravity?
In a properly controlled experiment, scientists should only change this many independent variables.
What is one?
The three main subatomic particles are these.
What are protons, neutrons and electrons?
A solution that contains the maximum amount of dissolved solute is called this.
What is saturated?
Electrons moving between energy levels release or absorb this.
What is energy/light?
This process occurs when meltwater helps a glacier slide across rock.
What is basal sliding?
On a graph, the dependent variable belongs on this axis.
What is the y-axis?
Protons determine this about an atom.
What is the identity/element?
This mineral property describes how light reflects off a mineral.
What is luster?
Mineral colors are often caused by this interaction with light.
What is absorption and reflection of certain wavelengths/colors of light?
If a glacier reflects 80 units of energy out of 100 incoming units, the albedo is this.
What is 0.8 or 80%?
Feedback loops that increase or amplify change are called these.
What are positive feedback loops?
A bond formed when electrons are transferred between atoms is called this.
What is an ionic bond?
Define a mineral using all required characteristics.
A mineral is naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, has a definite chemical composition, and has an organized crystal structure.
A wave has a very high frequency. Predict its wavelength and energy.
It would have a short wavelength and high energy.
This term describes how much sunlight a surface reflects.
What is albedo?
In the borax crystal lab, crystal growth would most likely be the ______ variable.
What is the dependent variable?