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The Nature of Science
Patterns of Motion and Equilibrium
The Stuff of Atoms
Mineral Properties
The Periodic Table
100
The name of the four basic physical sciences.
What are physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy?
100
The basic distinction between Aristotle's method and that of Galileo's.
What is experiment?
100
This subatomic particle is positively charged.
What is a proton?
100
Describe a mineral's resistance to scracthing.
What is hardness?
100
Columns in the periodic table whereas elements share many common characteristics?
What is groups?
200
Galileo knew that this crucial step is important to proving hypotheses.
What are experiments?
200
This property is related to the motion and the mass of any object.
What is inertia?
200
An atom is mostly made of large amounts of...
What is space?
200
Describe a mineral's resistance to breaking.
What is tenacity?
200
Across the periodic table these rows are called.
What is periods?
300
An educated guess in science.
What is hypothesis?
300
In either a dynamic or static equilibrium, this is zero.
What is net force?
300
The nucleus of an electrically neutral iron atom contains 26 protons. This iron atom also has this many electrons.
What is 26?
300
A more reliable form of color made from the powdered mineral.
What is streak?
300
Atomic masses listed on the periodic table usually have decimal points because there are different varieties of each element referred as these.
What are isotopes?
400
The language of science.
What is mathematics.
400
This force balances acceleration due to gravity for an object at rest, such as a book on a table.
What is support force?
400
All of our models of atoms are of this type.
What is conceptual?
400
Description of a mineral's reflection of light.
What is luster?
400
The difference in isotopes is related to the number of these subatomic particles.
What are neutrons?
500
Name the five steps listed in our book for the scientific method.
What are observe, question, predict, test prediction, and make conclusions?
500
When a crate slides down an incline at a constant velocity it is.
What is in a dynamic equilibrium?
500
This subatomic particle actually consist of a proton combined with an electron.
What is a neutron?
500
The property is related to weaknesses in a mineral atomic structure.
What is cleavage?