Intro to science
Minerals
Rocks
Geological cycles
100

The definition of science

What is the study of how the world works?

100

The process through which minerals form

What is crystalization?

100

The name for small bits of sand soil or clay

What are sediments?

100

The series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock

What is the rock cycle?

200

The objects that make up the biosphere

What are living things?

200

The definition of inorganic

What is not from living things?

200
The name for molten rock in the mantle

What is magma?

200

The Conditions necessary to turn rock to metamorphic rock.

What are heat and pressure?

300

The sphere of Earth including air and space

What is the atmosphere?

300

The two ways crystalization occurs

What are hot magma containing minerals and minerals dissolved in water?

300

The rock group named for the change it undergoes

What is metamorphic?

300

The term meaning organizing different rocks into groups

What is classification (classifying)

400

The steps of the scientific method.

What are question, hypothesis, prediction, plan experiment, gather information, results (conclusion)?

400
The five defining criteria of minerals

What are naturally ocurring, inorganic, solid, crystal structure and definite chemical composition?

400

The three rock groups

What are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic?
400

The 4 conditions necessary to turn igneous or metamorphic rock into sedimentary rock

What are weathering, erosion, compaction and cementation?