Earth's system Flashcards
(22 cards)
any property that can be observed using the five senses or can be measured without changing the matter
physical properties
how heavy an object is
weight mass
a state matter that maintains its own shape instead of conforming to the shape of its container
solid
something that can flow and takes the shape of its container, like water or juice, but it has a fixed amount of space (volume), similar to how a solid stays the same size;
liquid
it allows something like heat or electricity to flow or pass through it easily
conduct
energy that moves from something hot to something cold, a form of energy
heat
A substance found In nature, minerals make up rocks.
minerals
how easy or how difficult it is to scratch a minerals surface
hardness
the color of its powder when you rub it on a hard, rough surface like a tile
streak
the color powder left behind when a mineral is scraped across a hard surface like a ceramic tile which helps identify the mineral bye its “streak” color
tiles
its when a light reflects back to our eyes. minerals are colored because they absorb some colors of light then reflect the rest
color
how shiny a rock or mineral looks when light shines on it, like a mirror or glassy or even dull. (luster is a physical property used by mineralogists to help identify minerals)
luster
how some minerals break along smooth, flat lines instead of randomly, like when you crack an egg
cleavage
where you try to scratch a rock with different objects like a finger nail or penny to see if its hard or soft
scratch test
surface, erosion, weathering, rapid, drastic, slow, changes, landslide, volcano, earthquake, magnetic.
supporting vocabulary
a naturally combination of minerals and other natural materials.
rocks
a solid, naturally formed substance that always has the same composition and the same properties
mirerals
the dirt and stuff that settles to the bottom of liquids or is carried and then depostived by water wind or ice
sediment
rock formed from compacted sediment
sedimentary
rock formed by lave or magma
igneous
rock formed from existing rock heat and pressure cause the minrals to form new combinations or new crystals
metamorphic
magma; molten rock within earth attributes ; or chareteristics preesure;is like a push or a squeeze and that pressure helps change the rocks in the earth rock cycle;the continuis process of the change in which new rocks are formed from a old rock matireals
supporting
