Properties of Matter
What is a substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily?
conductor
What is a force that acts in an opposite direction to movement?
friction
What is a physical structure on Earth that occurs naturally?
landform
What is the air that surrounds the Earth; it is made of a mixture of gases?
atmosphere
What is imaginary line about which an object rotates?
axis
What is energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance?
Thermal energy
What is a push or pull that can change the position or motion of an object / material?
force
What is rock that forms when sediments are compacted and cemented together?
sedimentary
What is general pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time [30 years or more (many decades)]?
climate
What is the path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space?
orbit
What are the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas; sometimes called phases of matter?
States of Matter
What is the act of applying force in order to move something away?
Push
What is process of binding and hardening of sediments into hard rock?
cementation
What is the process of water changing from water vapor to a liquid by loss of heat (e.g., weather - water vapor forming clouds)?
condensation
What is the spinning of a planet, Moon, or other object on its axis?
Rotation
What term is used to describe floating or sinking when compared to water?
Relative density
What is the act of applying force to move something toward or with you?
pull
What is process by which overlying pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size or volume of sediments?
compaction
What is the process of water changing from a liquid to water vapor by adding heat (e.g., weather - water in oceans evaporating into the air)?
evaporation
What is one orbit of an object, such as a planet or satellite, in space around another object in space?
revolution
What is a state of matter in which the substance takes the shape of the container and has an unchanged volume when poured from one container to another?
Liquid
What is a force that pulls objects toward each other?
gravity
What is process by which weathered and eroded material is deposited by wind, water, and ice?
deposition
What is day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere in an area; weather has short-term variations (e.g., weather can change from minute-to-minute, day-to-day, or week-to-week)?
weather
What is the atmosphere?
pocket of air surrounding the Earth