What is Science?
This sequence of steps (observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion) scientists use to investigate natural phenomena is called the ____.
What is the Scientific Method?
The gradual wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice is known as _____.
What is weathering?
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and crystalline structure is a _____.
What is a mineral?
Rocks formed from cooling and solidifying of magma or lava are called _____ rocks.
What are igneous rocks?
Energy stored in an object's position or configuration is called what kind of energy?
What is potential energy?
A testable statement that predicts the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable is a ____.
What is a Hypothesis?
The long underwater mountain system where new ocean crust forms is called the _____.
What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
The property that describes how a mineral reflects light is called what?
What is luster?
Sediments compacted and cemented together form what type of rock?
What is sedimentary rock?
The total energy resulting from motion of an object is called _____.
What is kinetic energy?
A simplified, often mathematical or visual, representation used to explain or predict real-world systems (for example, climate or population growth) is called a ____.
What is a model?
The height of land relative to sea level is known as its _____. For Winamac, it is about 700 feet.
What is elevation?
When a mineral breaks along smooth, flat planes, it shows _____.
What is cleavage?
Rock that is partially melted (not fully melted) or put under extreme enough pressure to change is what type of rock?
What is metamorphic rock?
What scientific law tells us that energy can neither be created nor destroyed?
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
In an experiment studying how fertilizer amount affects plant growth, the fertilizer amount is the ____ variable.
What is the independent variable?
The area where the continent transitions into the deep ocean, including the continental shelf, slope, and rise, is called the ____.
What is continental margin?
This scale ranks minerals from 1 to 10 by scratch resistance; name the scale.
What is Moh's Hardness Scale?
The process that describes the constant changes in rocks from one form to another is referred to as _____.
What is the rock cycle?
Fossil fuels are examples of what category of energy because of the way they cannot be replenished?
What is non-renewable energy?
This well-supported explanation of a wide range of observations and experimental results explains natural phenomena and is broader than a hypothesis
What is a theory?
A map showing the shape and elevation of Earth's surface using contour lines is a ____.
What is a topographic or Contour Map?
A mineral's mass per volume is its _____.
What is its density?
Igneous rock with large and defined crystal formations likely was likely cooled _____.
What is slowly?
Fossil fuels can also be referred to as _____ because of their chemical composition.
What are hydrocarbons?