Layers of the Earth
What layer of the Earth includes people and animals?
crust
What is the hardest mineral?
diamond
How are rocks identified?
by how they are formed
What are the four states of matter?
liquid
solid
gas
plasma
What layer of the earth is the thickest?
mantle
What is the line left behind when a mineral is scratched?
streak
What are the three types of rocks we've been learning about
metamorphic
igneous
sedimentary
What is the first step of the scientific method
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What are the two innermost layers and what is the main difference between them?
inner core and outer core
inner core is solid, outer core is liquid
What is the word for how light reflects / shine?
luster
What kind of rock forms when magma cools and solidifies?
igneous rocks
What is the layer of the atmosphere that protects us from meteoroids?
mesosphere
Why is the inner core solid?
pressure
What is the name of the scale we use to identify hardness?
Moh's Scale
What kind of rock: FORMED WHEN ROCKS ARE WEATHERED AND ERODED, SEDIMENTS COMPACT AND CEMENT SOLID ROCK
sedimentary
What is constant in Charles' law?
pressure
List the layers of the Earth from the INSIDE to the OUTSIDE.
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
What are 3 ways a scientist may try to describe a mineral in order to figure out what kind it is
luster, cleavage, hardness, color, streak
What kind of rock: FORMED WHEN EXISTING ROCK IS CHANGED INTO NEW ROCK BY THE HEATING OF THE ROCK AND PRESSURE FROM OTHER ROCKS AROUND IT
metamorphic
What is an example of potential energy
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