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Matter Review
Mars
Chess
100
This is a solid, non-living substance found in nature.
What is mineral
100
This measurement, measures how easily a mineral can be scratched.
What is hardness.
100
These are the three forms that matter can appear in.
What is solid, liquid, and gas.
100
The (_______) is three times stronger on Mars.
What is Gravity.
100
This is the color of pieces that moves first.
What is white.
200
A solid that has atoms arranged in an orderly, repeating pattern.
What is crystal.
200
This is the name of the scale we use to compare hardness of minerals.
What is Mohs scale.
200
These are the tiny particles that make up everything.
What is atoms.
200
Radiation can kill on Mars because what is missing from its atmosphere.
What is oxygen.
200
This is the alternate name for chess.
What is the Royal Game.
300
This is melted rock inside the Earth.
What is magma.
300
This is the way that minerals reflect light.
What is luster.
300
These particles are found on the outside atom, circling around the nucleus.
What is electrons.
300
This is the term used for slowly changing a different planet to support human life on it.
What is terraforming.
300
Name the piece that moves diagonally only.
What is bishop.
400
This is made up of element silicon, element oxygen, and usually at least one other element.
What is silicate.
400
This is the term used for the color of a mineral.
What is streak.
400
This is the term used for the same element that has a different number of neutrons.
What is isotope.
400
This is the amount of months it would take to reach Mars.
What is 6-9 months.
400
Name the country that chess originated from.
What is India.
500
About 90 elements make up the Earth's crust. Name 3 of the most abundant ones.
What is oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium.
500
This is the term used to describe a mineral that has broken with rough jagged edges.
What is fracture.
500
This is the name of multiple elements that have been chemically combined. Example: H2O.
What is a compound.
500
Name the two moons of Mars.
What is Phobos and Deimos.
500
This is the name of the current world champion.
What is Magnus Carlsen.