Vocabulary
Coal, oil and natural gas are types of this.
What are Fossil Fuels?
The first step in the scientific method.
What is ask a question?
The shine a mineral has is called this.
What is Luster?
A type of material made when a rock melts
What is the O Horizon?
A rock that forms through the process of heat and pressure.
What is a Metamorphic Rock?
A type of observation made based on your 5 senses.
What is a qualitative observation?
What is Mohs Hardness Scale?
A type of rock made when tiny bits of rock called sediment are layered and compacted together and cement over time.
What is a Sedimentary Rock?
The horizon layer that is the very bottom and called Bedrock?
What is the R Horizon?
An educated guess.
What is a Hypothesis?
A type of observation made based on numbers.
What is a quantitative observation?
The term for when a mineral breaks and has a flat surface.
What is Cleavage?
What is Weathering and Erosion?
The horizon layer known for having weathered rock called parent material.
What is the C Horizon?
The amount of matter in an object.
What is Volume?
What can happen if an experiment doesn't yield an outcome you predicted?
What is try the experiment again?
Iridescence, Magnetism, and Luminescence are types of this.
What is a Special Property?
A type of rock made when Magma/Lava cools.
The horizon layer of soil that has living and nonliving material and referred to as the topsoil?
What is the A Horizon?
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
What is a Mineral?
The step of the scientific method that comes after making a hypothesis.
What is Test your Hypothesis (Run an Experiment)?
A test that is run to see the powder of a mineral that is left behind after striking a plate.
What is a Streak/Streak Test?
What is Sediment?
The term for the layers of soil seen from a side view.