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Lab safety and equip
Scientific Method
Metrics
Rocks and Minerals
Plate Tectonics
100
What is the Erlenmeyer Flask used for?
It is used for mixing chemicals that might splash.
100
What are the eight steps in the scientific method?
1. Identify the problem 2. Collect information 3. Make hypothesis 4. Test hypothesis 5. Analyze data 6. Draw conclusions 7. Repeat experiment 8. Publish
100
What is the standard unit of length?
meter
100
What are the 5 characteristics a mineral has to have?
1. Definite Chemical Composition 2. Inorganic 3. Naturally occurring 4. Crystal Structure 5. Solid
100
What are the 2 types of evidence?
direct and indirect
200
Is eating or drinking permitted in the Science Lab?
NOOOOO!!!!!
200
What does control mean?
The "normal" group
200
What instrument is used to measure mass?
triple beam balance
200
What are the 8 properties?
1. Color 2. Streak 3. Luster 4. Hardness 5. Density 6. Cleavage or Fracture 7. Crystal Structure 8. Special properties
200
Explain why the inner core is solid and what is it made out of?
pressure and solid iron and nickel
300
What is the proper way to smell a chemical?
The wafting technique
300
What is an observation?
You can use your 5 senses for it
300
What is the definition of volume?
Amount of space an object takes up
300
What are geodes?
a hollow rock, inside minerals have grown
300
What are the 3 sub-layers of the mantle?
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere and Mesosphere
400
How do you hold a test tube?
With a test tube holder
400
What is an inference?
Something that you guess happened from observations
400
What is the standard unit of temperature?
degrees celsius
400
3 ways to classify sedimentary rocks?
1. Clastic 2. Organic 3. Chemical
400
What 2 layer do convection currents occur in?
outer core and the mantle
500
When are goggles used in the laboratory?
Anytime chemicals or heat is being used
500
What does variable mean?
Factors that are tested in an experiment
500
Convert 0.75km=______________m
750m
500
How does any type of rock transform into sediments?
weathering and erosion
500
What type of rock was is the ocean crust made out of?
Basaltic rock