Scientific process
This is what you are trying to solve and it is always written as a question.
What is a problem?
These are the variables that stay the same throughout the experiment.
What are controlled variables (constants)?
This observable property tests the color of the mineral when powdered
What is a streak?
These are composed of 1 or more minerals and can be divided into group based on how they were formed.
What are rocks?
This is melted rock found above earth's surface
What is lava?
Gathering information using your 5 senses.
What is an observation?
This variable is the one that the scientist tests or changes on purpose.
What is an independent variable?
This observable property is based on how the mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
This type of rock is made from fragments of land-derived sediments
What are sedimentary rocks?
This type of rock forms from the heat and pressure
What is metamorphic?
The gathering of information using books, the Internet and scientific articles is referred to as doing_____
What is research?
This group is the group that doesn't get the variable that we are testing. Instead it is used to compare our results.
What is a control group?
This property is based on a minerals resistance to scratching.
What is hardness?
These types of rocks form due to melting and solidification of lava or magma
What are igneous rocks?
This type of rock that a fossil imprint would most likely be found in.
What is a sedimentary rock?
A conclusion made based on your observations.
What is an inference?
This group is the group that gets the variable being tested ( Independent Variable).
What is the Experimental Group?
This property is based on a minerals ability to break along smooth sides.
What is cleavage?
This type of metamorphic rock has layers of mineral crystals that formed under heat and pressure
What is a foliated metamorphic rock?
This type of igneous rock is formed below earth's surface
What is an intrusive igneous rock?
An educated guess about the outcome of the experiment is called a_____
What is a hypothesis?
This is the variable that we measure or is the data we collect from the experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
This property is based on a minerals ability to break with no distinct breaking pattern.
What is fracture?
For a rock to change from metamorphic to sediments, it must undergo this process.
What is weather and erosion?
What two processes would an igneous rock have to go through to become a sedimentary rock?
What are weathering and erosion and compaction and cementation?
(weathering and erosion-->sediments-->compaction and cementation-->sedimentary rock)