Chemistry EARTH lesson 2

Question 1

What four ways can be used for transportation?

Answer 1

Ice, gravity, water, wind

Question 2

How can you test how strong a rock is?

Answer 2

Scratch test

Question 3

What does porous mean?

Answer 3

Lots of holes in the rock

Question 4

What is the outside layer of the earth called? And what are its characteristics?

Answer 4

Crust. Made of rock and thin

Question 5

What is the middle layer of inside the earth called? And what are its characteristics?

Answer 5

The mantle. It is the most solid rock, it can flow,the hot rocks rise to the surface due to low density and cool rocks sink

Question 6

What is the inner layer of the earth called?and what are its characteristics?

Answer 6

The core. There is an inner core and an outer core. Inner core-iron nickel and cobalt-magnetic. Outer-liquid

Question 7

What is the order of things that happen in uplift?

Answer 7

Continents collide, force inside the earth, push rocks up from inside the earth, new mountain forms

Question 8

What are some examples of seramics?

Answer 8

Brick, toilets, sinks, pottery

Question 9

What are some properties of ceramics?

Answer 9

Hard, brittle, stiff, at 20 degrees room temperature,insulators, easy to break

Question 10

What are some chemical properties of ceramics?

Answer 10

Non reactive to water, acid, alkali